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WILLIAM CHARLES SHELDON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 21, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Charles Sheldon, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 31
- TOMMY LOREN SHEHORNSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.