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JOHN CHARLES SHELLUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – April 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Charles Shellum, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 4
- LOUIE JOHN SHIANNASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- CHARLES DUDLEY SHORTSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BEECHLY COMBSSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 106
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 27W, Line 107
- HAROLD LEE ECKERT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 27W, Line 108
- LLOYD WESLEY JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 109
- ROBERT JOSEPH NEVELSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 2
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 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.