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EDWARD MINOT SHELTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – April 30, 1968
Service recordEdward Minot Shelton JR, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 23
- SAMUEL ARNOLD SINGERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ERNEST STANLEYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD TATEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 10
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.