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JAMES WILLARD F SCHELLIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – November 15, 1970
Service recordJames Willard F Schellin, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 63
- COUNCIL DELANO VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD WHITESpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- ROBERT GEORGE DRAPPSergeant · November 16, 1970
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILLIAM SALMONDCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 62
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 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.