The Wall › Panel 4E › Oregon › Selwin Deroy Wisdom
SELWIN DEROY WISDOM
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 1, 1922 – January 17, 1966
Service recordSelwin Deroy Wisdom, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 78
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1922
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 78
- KARL LUDWIG THOMPSONLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- JESSE J MILLERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CUTSHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 76
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 77
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.