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ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1949 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Patrick Shellem, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 43
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 43
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SANDPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
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.