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RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1946 – June 22, 1966
Service recordRudolph Carl Selenka JR, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 77
- GARY HENDERSON ROGERSLance Corporal · June 22, 1966
- SYLVESTER ANTONY SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 74
- JAMES RICHARD DUFAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 74
- CECIL HUYLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 75
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 75
- PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 78
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.