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DAVID PRESTON SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1953 – March 29, 1972
Service recordDavid Preston Shelton, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 123
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 22, 1953
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1972; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 123
- ROBERT EUGENE SIMMONSMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- EDWARD DEWILTON SMITH JRMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- HOWARD DAVID STEPHENSONLieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1972
- KENNETH RICHARD VOSSpecialist Four · March 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- OLLIE EDWARD CRENSHAW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 121
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.