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SELMER ERNEST SALVESON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordSelmer Ernest Salveson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 85
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LLOYD SCHNEIDERWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- GAYLORD JAMES SEBENSPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 65
- IRVIN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 66
- ROBERT L CHAPMANPrivate · Panel 36E, Line 67
- QUENTIN WAYNE BINDERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 70
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 71
- KENNETH EDWARD GOLDENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- DOUGLAS EDWARD HOBACKCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 75
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RALPH AINSWORTH KEATINGPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 75
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 76
- ELOY FELIPE ESTE LEBLANCCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROBERT ANTONIO REYESPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROY LEE PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- VINCENT P LANDONCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 83
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 86
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 86
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 87
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 2
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 2
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.