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STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – December 1, 1970
Service recordStephen Charles Sellett, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 102
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 102
- WALTER DENNIS LAMBERTPetty Officer Third Class · December 1, 1970
- ARTHUR WEBSTER MACHEN IIICorporal · December 1, 1970
- JOE MAURICIO PALACIOPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
- RAYMOND BISHOP PENN JRLieutenant Colonel · December 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAVERNE DARTON COYLESergeant Major · Panel 6W, Line 101
- KENNETH EUGENE CRAYNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 101
- RAYMOND BISHOP PENN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 6W, Line 102
From Sterling
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
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.