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DARWIN HUGH SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordDarwin Hugh Shelton, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 7
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 7
- JAMES E PENNINGTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1968
- ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- JOSEPH KENT SEARLESpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- PAUL JOHN SILBERBERGERMajor · September 24, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.