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CHARLES H SHELTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1943 – June 11, 1966
Service recordCharles H Shelton, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 40
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 40
- JESSIE EDWIN SHANNONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- DAVID WAYNE STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH ALVIN BABBSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 33
- DANNIE GLENN BRASWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 33
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- DAVID GRADEY BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 34
- HENRY BURCHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 34
- THOMAS STEWART CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- THOMAS W CHATBURN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 35
- WILLIE COLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 35
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 35
- GRADY LEE ELDERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 36
- CHARLES EVANS FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 36
- DONEL RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD MILLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 38
- RICHARD A MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 38
- JAMES W PHAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 39
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 39
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.
