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SHELTON FERRELL BARRS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1941 – September 23, 1969
Service recordShelton Ferrell Barrs, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 127
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 127
- CLINTON EUGENE MILLERCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES IRVINE YATESCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROWLAND NATHANIEL AGARDPrivate · September 23, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES BROWNINGSpecialist Five · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES SIMETH SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 17W, Line 1
- MARVIN GENE STEPHENSPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
- SHELBY DEAN STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.