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LESLIE LEWIS SHELTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1949 – December 28, 1969
Service recordLeslie Lewis Shelton, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 105
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Man, Manual Account (3071)
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 105
- JON MICHAEL OLSSONCaptain · December 19, 1969
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE SNEADLieutenant Colonel · December 28, 1969
- EDWARD REYNOLD STORMMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SWAINStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1969
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.