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CHARLES MURRY SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – February 4, 1967
Service recordCharles Murry Shelton, of Washington, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, Georgia (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 119
- FRANK MEADOWS PIPKINSergeant · February 4, 1967
- RUSSELL ARDEN POORLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT LAURENCE SHAFERCorporal · February 4, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS SMITHPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
From Washington
- CHARLES MICHAEL CORRYSpecialist Five · April 15, 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.