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KIMBALL HAYES SHELDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – March 31, 1970
Service recordKimball Hayes Sheldon, of Boca Raton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 63
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Boca Raton, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 63
- DANIEL KAYE KOHLSergeant · March 31, 1970
- RAYMOND C MEEKINSSergeant · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1970
- JACK RAE SMITHSergeant · March 31, 1970
From Boca Raton
- RALPH PARKER HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JERRY RONALD WHITMANLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- WALTER RAY WINTERSPetty Officer Second Class · October 3, 1970
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.