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KENNETH HYDE SHELLEMAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1946 – February 2, 1969
Service recordKenneth Hyde Shelleman, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 44
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 44
- DENNIS WAYNE SCHONBERGPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- DALE WAYNE SCHWEFELPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- LEONARD DALE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 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.