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DELMAR SHELLEY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1950 – November 14, 1968
Service recordDelmar Shelley, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 68
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 68
- LARRY LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- LESLIE CALVIN PASCHAL JRLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN PLUMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 14, 1968
- DONALD ARTHUR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.