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CHARLES HOWARD SHELTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1950 – May 2, 1969
Service recordCharles Howard Shelton, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 103
- JOHN FRANCIS STEWARTCorporal · May 2, 1969
- LARRY DAVID STOLLARLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL SUMNERFirst Sergeant · May 2, 1969
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
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.