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CHARLES MILLS SHELDON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1936 – April 8, 1966
Service recordCharles Mills Sheldon, of Williamsburg, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 11, 1936
- Home of record
- Williamsburg, Virginia (Williamsburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 94
- GEORGE LEROY SAMUELSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- EDWARD HUGH TIMMONSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- JEFFERSON DAVIS HALLSergeant · April 9, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 93
From Williamsburg
- GLENN DILL MANNFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM LOUIS STEWART JRSpecialist Five · October 8, 1967
- HERBERT HAMBLY BUTT JRMajor · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES CHAPLIN HALE JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- TALMADGE HORTON ALPHIN JRStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- KERNELL PERSONE BRADSBYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1970
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.