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JAY CLAYTON SHELBY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1941 – March 1, 1967
Service recordJay Clayton Shelby, of Nebo, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Nebo, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 130
- KENNETH PAGE SARGENTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- WILLIE TYLERSergeant · March 1, 1967
- JAMES WHEELERSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BURTON JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 125
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 126
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 128
- JAMES WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 130
From Nebo
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILLIAMSCorporal · May 20, 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.