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VERNON LINDLY SHELLMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1943 – January 2, 1966
Service recordVernon Lindly Shellman, of Stephensport, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 52
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Stephensport, Kentucky (Breckinridge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 52
- RUBEN CLEVELAND ALSTONSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS COVELLAGunnery Sergeant · January 3, 1966
- RALPH ANTHONY DIDAMO JRConstructionman · January 3, 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.