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JOSEPH HENRY SHELTON III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1946 – August 18, 1970
Service recordJoseph Henry Shelton III, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 122
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 122
- DON WAYNE LOVESpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY MEYERSSergeant First Class · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS HENRY PAPPENHEIMCorporal · August 18, 1970
- DAVID LELAND SMITHCorporal · August 18, 1970
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.