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ROBERT WAYNE SHELTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – January 24, 1970
Service recordRobert Wayne Shelton, of Noblesville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 63
- THOMAS EARL LITTLEPAGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1970
- RANDALL EARL PERRYCorporal · January 24, 1970
- NATHANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · January 24, 1970
- DONALD RAY YARBOROCorporal · January 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK STEPHEN BUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 62
- RANDALL EARL PERRYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 63
From Noblesville
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 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.