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MICHAEL JOSEPH SELLITTO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordMichael Joseph Sellitto, of Towaco, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Towaco, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 52
- WILLIAM JAMES ROGERS IVLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- CARLOS WILSON RUCKERSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH IISpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
From Towaco
- DAVID ALAN BAUSCHSpecialist Four · May 24, 1972
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.