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CHARLES THOMAS SHELTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1929 – January 6, 1967
Service recordCharles Thomas Shelton, of Selma, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 4, 1929
- Home of record
- Selma, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 119
- RALPH ROGER JUSTICEStaff Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE PARKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1967
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DANNY CLEON BARNESPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
From Selma
- JOHN GARCIALance Corporal · February 4, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ARNOLD HERRERA JRLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- JUAN J PEREZFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR OLOGUE SOTOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- GARY ALLEN COXLance Corporal · June 5, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
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.