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JOHN ROBERT SHELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Robert Shell served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 50
- CHARLES COLE GRISHAMSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL HALLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · February 1, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE HASKINSHospitalman · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH HOSEA ALBRITTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 45
- GEORGE MICHAEL HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 50
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 52
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 57
- CHARLES R MENSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 58
- KENNETH LEE ROGERSSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DIEROTHER BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 61
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.