United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Saturday, September 2, 1961
Age: 42
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Fire
Date of Incident: August 30, 1961
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Customs Agent John Sellenthin died after suffering second and third degree burns at the United States Customs House at 201 Varrak Street in Manhattan, New York, on August 30th, 1961.
He was in the process of burning films that had been seized by the Customs Service when a fire started. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where he died on September 2nd, 1961.
Agent Sellenthin was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII.