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ARTHUR DAVID SHELTON
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1939 – March 6, 1968
Service recordArthur David Shelton, of Rock Creek, West Virginia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Rock Creek, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 34
- WILLIAM HENRY SEWARDMajor · March 6, 1968
- GREGORY RANDALL SHAMBAUGHCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JOHN B SHANKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 27
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.