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ALTON SHEDD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 25, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordAlton Shedd, of Joppa, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Joppa, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 50
- HAROLD DAVID SHELTONLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES STECKERCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD TIGHECorporal · May 19, 1967
- DALE WILLIAM TOLBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 46
- JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 47
- RONALD TERRY WALDROPPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 51
- CHARLES BRYANT WATSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 52
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.