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MELVIN LOUIS SELLERS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 19, 1949 – February 27, 1969
Service recordMelvin Louis Sellers, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 85
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 85
- MICHAEL RAY ROMMELPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- CRAIG EVERETT SWAGLERSeaman Apprentice · February 27, 1969
- WILLIE LEWIS WALLACESergeant · February 27, 1969
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
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.