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LARRY DEAN SHELTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1950 – October 11, 1970
Service recordLarry Dean Shelton, of Stayton, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 126
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Stayton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 126
- LEONALD GEORGE GUILETTESpecialist Five · October 11, 1970
- PETER SHELDON HAWLEYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
- MELVIN EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
From Stayton
- DENNIS MICHAEL GILLERANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE BEUTLERSpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
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.