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ROBERT SELLERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – February 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Sellers, of Santee, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Santee, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 81
- ALBERT MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
- GEORGE MEERDINK JRCaptain · February 22, 1969
- LAWRENCE P OTOOLE IISecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- WINGFIELD PAGE JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
From Santee
- GEORGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
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.