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SHAREL EDWARD BALES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1937 – August 29, 1967
Service recordSharel Edward Bales, of Berthoud, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 61
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Berthoud, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “191 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 61
- RUSSELL REID BANNISTERSergeant · August 29, 1967
- RUTILIO PROFIRIO CORDOVASergeant · August 29, 1967
- FRED BURKETT CRADDOCK JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- JAY ROY NORMANSergeant · August 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 62
- PETER STEVEN MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 64
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · Panel 25E, Line 64
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 65
- JOSEPH LEON WHITAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 66
From Berthoud
- BARRY DON THOMASLance Corporal · May 7, 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.