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WALTER CHARLES SHELLITO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1940 – February 28, 1968
Service recordWalter Charles Shellito, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE SHORTERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- CHARLES ALLAN SMITHCorporal · February 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SMITH JRCorporal · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 58
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 58
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 60
- DENNIS PATRICK CLANCYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 61
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 65
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 67
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 68
- PATRICIO MALDONADO JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 69
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 72
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.