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TIMOTHY JOHN SHELTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1949 – June 25, 1969
Service recordTimothy John Shelton, of Lindenhurst, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Lindenhurst, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 15
- THOMAS WALTER FABERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD ROSEDIETCHERSergeant · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 16
From Lindenhurst
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT ANDREW DORNERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- RAYMOND WIDMANNLance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JOHN DILANDROSergeant · March 21, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT JAMEISON REGINALDCorporal · October 28, 1967
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · May 7, 1968
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.