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SHELBY MILES TROTTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – July 7, 1969
Service recordShelby Miles Trotter, of Liberal, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Liberal, Missouri (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 78
- PAUL HENRY SHEEHANFirst Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS JEFFERSON SIZEMOREStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES EARL SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1969
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · July 7, 1969
From Liberal
- BILLY RAY VENABLESergeant · August 26, 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.