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ARTHUR ALEXANDER SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1943 – December 8, 1964
Service recordArthur Alexander Shelton, of Loyalton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Loyalton, California (Sierra County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 75
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- BRIAN JOHN CRONINLieutenant (junior grade) · December 9, 1964
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
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.