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JAMES EDWARD SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1950 – July 31, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Shelton, of Cabool, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 82
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- February 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Cabool, Missouri (Texas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 82
- WILLIAM REED WILSON JRPrivate First Class · July 31, 1969
- JOHN LESLIE BRADFORDPrivate First Class · August 1, 1969
- DOUGLAS GLENN BURDFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
- TOMMY LEON CALLIESCaptain · August 1, 1969
From Cabool
- JACKIE GENE MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- CLINTON EUGENE MILLERCorporal · September 22, 1969
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.