VIETNAM - SELL, JOSEPH WAYNE JR

Sell, Joseph Wayne Jr

VIETNAM - SELL, JOSEPH WAYNE JR
SELL, JOSEPH WAYNE JR

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge

Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device

Enlisted by: Selected Service

Date of birth: 22-Dec-1948

Hometown: Fairmont, West Virginia

Marital status: Never Married

Campaign: Vietnam Conflict

Entered service: 11-Jul-1968

Start of tour: 31-Dec-1968

Incident date: 20-Jun-1969

Date of casualty: 20-Jun-1969

Age at death: 20

Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Joseph Wayne Isell Jr was killed while a crew member on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight.

Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 682 858

Place of interment: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia, USA

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