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EDWARD ARNOLD SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – September 4, 1966
Service recordEdward Arnold Shelton, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 69
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- RAYMOND PAUL SALZARULO JRCaptain · September 4, 1966
- DON EARL ALLEYPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY LYN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 69
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.