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SHELTON L BREAUX
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1944 – December 8, 1966
Service recordShelton L Breaux, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 20
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- SALVATORE PETER CEMELLIPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE PETER CEMELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 20
- GARY LEE HARBINPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 21
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 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.