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LEROY ELLSWORTH SHELDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 23, 1945 – February 24, 1969
Service recordLeroy Ellsworth Sheldon, of Sargent, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Sargent, Nebraska (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 40
- ROBERT LOUIS SHIRODA JRSergeant · February 24, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SHUCKSergeant · February 24, 1969
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- GARY WENDELL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
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.