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ALLEN CURTIS SHELINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 22, 1944 – July 18, 1968
Service recordAllen Curtis Sheline, of Jackson, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Jackson, Ohio (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 8
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROYBAL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- GARY BERNERD SANFORDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SCOFIELDCorporal · July 18, 1968
- EARL FRANCIS SEABLOMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND CONRAD HANIKPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 5
- KURT EUGENE WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 9
From Jackson
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · February 12, 1967
- LARRY GENE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- RALPH FERGUSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
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.