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SHELTON MORGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordShelton Morgan, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 121
- WILLIAM GREGORY LANDONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 111
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- FRANK JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- EMMETT JERMANY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- XAVIER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 118
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 119
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- OXLEY CARRINGTON MOULTRIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 122
- DAVID LEE NIEMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 122
- RICHARD EDWARD POTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- GARY MARTIN SMITHPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 125
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE STOVALLPrivate First Class · October 31, 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.