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JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – May 20, 1969
Service recordJames Benjamin Shelby, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 61
- JOHN MICHAEL RANDALLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS ROBSONCorporal · May 20, 1969
- RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DALE GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 58
- RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 61
- GUADALUPE ESPARZA MONTOYASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 63
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.