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WILLIAM ARTHUR SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1948 – October 20, 1971
Service recordWilliam Arthur Shelton, of Decatur, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 45
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Tennessee (Meigs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 45
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOGGETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH PRIVITARCaptain · October 20, 1971
- HERMAN CURTIS CAHOONSergeant First Class · October 21, 1971
- PAUL RAYMOND FOLTZLieutenant · October 21, 1971
From Decatur
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 15, 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.