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RICHARD TAYLOR SELLERS JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1944 – June 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Taylor Sellers JR, of Palos Verdes Estates, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Palos Verdes Estates, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 30
- RUDOLPH HINOJOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- BARRY IVAN RABINOVITZSpecialist Five · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BATTLESSergeant First Class · June 29, 1969
- JAMES ERNEST BOWMANStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
From Palos Verdes Estates
- CARL MARTIN CREALChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 20, 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.