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WESLEY STEWART SHELTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1951 – October 18, 1971
Service recordWesley Stewart Shelton, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 43
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
- RICKY MICHAEL ARIENSSergeant · October 19, 1971
- ALAN RANSOM BOONECaptain · October 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMESON BARTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 42
- PATRICK JOHN BRESLINSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 42
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 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.