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LEONARD SELANIKIO
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 21, 1942 – September 6, 1968
Service recordLeonard Selanikio, of West Islip, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 57
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 21, 1942
- Home of record
- West Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 57
- CLAIR BRADLEY ANDREW SAINTPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- PATRICK EUGENE SINCLAIRLance Corporal · September 6, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN SQUIRESSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- FLOYD LAVERNE STILLCorporal · September 6, 1968
From West Islip
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN MONAHANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1969
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.