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JEROLD JEROME SHELTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – January 28, 1969
Service recordJerold Jerome Shelton, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 10
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 10
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · January 28, 1969
- CHARLES ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- GARY LADD SQUIERSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL STEINBACHERLance Corporal · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MERLE JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- THOMAS LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 8
- ALTON D PERCIVALPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- LAVALLE WALKERPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 11
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.