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CRAIG STEPHEN SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1946 – January 25, 1967
Service recordCraig Stephen Shelton, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 77
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- FREDERICK AUGUSTAS SIMSPetty Officer First Class · January 25, 1967
- FRANK J SOMERSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.