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RONALD THOMAS SHELTON
Captain · U.S. Army
February 10, 1937 – April 10, 1966
Service recordRonald Thomas Shelton, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 96
- TOM KERMIT TINGLEStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1966
- LOGAN DALE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 10, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
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.