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JAMES HARVEY SHELTON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1930 – April 21, 1967
Service recordJames Harvey Shelton, of Hominy, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 64
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- October 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Hominy, Oklahoma (Osage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 64
- UVALDO SANCHEZLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RALPH EUGENE SCHEIBLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY ALAN SCOVILLPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- IVAN J SHACKELFORD JRLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
From Hominy
- SAMMY JOE CROSSPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1968
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.