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HENRY EARL SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1949 – May 26, 1968
Service recordHenry Earl Shelton, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 12
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 25, 1949
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 12
- DANIEL LEE POWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- ALBERT JOSEPH RAPPOLD JRCorporal · May 26, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- LARRY JAMES SINEGALPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.