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WILLIE SHELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1941 – April 3, 1968
Service recordWillie Shelton, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 55
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 55
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- HAROLD ROGER SMITHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- DON CARLOS SYKESSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BERNARD KUBECaptain · Panel 47E, Line 51
- RONALD LEE ZACHSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 54
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.