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SHELDON LEE GULSETH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1949 – March 1, 1971
Service recordSheldon Lee Gulseth, of Strathcona, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 14
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Strathcona, Minnesota (Roseau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 14
- KARL RAY GANTZAirman First Class · March 1, 1971
- ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1971
- MILTON HARDIN RAMSEYMajor · March 1, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD RAY BENTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 13
From Strathcona
- ERVIND CARL STRANDBERGSpecialist Four · January 3, 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.