“He died doing the work that sustained others — a rigger, a soldier, and a brother lost to the sky.”
“He vanished from the skies over Khanh Hoa, but his courage remains — a Texas airman who gave everything for duty and country.”
(B Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade)
Loc Ninh was a small rubber plantation village in Binh Long Province—quiet, remote, and just nine miles from the Cambodian border. But in the early hours of October 29, 1967, that quiet shattered under the weight of the Viet Cong 273rd Regiment.
“The Last Advisor – Staff Sergeant James Michael Selix” Advisory Team 99, Headquarters, MACV – Bronze Star Medal for Valor (with “V” Device and Oak Leaf Cluster)
1st Air Commando Squadron – Bien Hoa Airbase, Republic of Vietnam – October 29, 1964
