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ROBERT DEE SELLS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – May 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Dee Sells JR, of Central City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 66
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Central City, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 66
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LOUIS SLOANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 56
- JAMES MAYS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 63
From Central City
- MARVIN ALLEN LUERKENSCorporal · February 23, 1971
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.