Richard Powell Shelton

Private First Class
G CO, 2ND BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
16 February 1948 - 25 August 1969
Los Angeles, CA
Panel 19W Line 116

1ST MARDIV

7TH MARINES 		Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Richard Powell Shelton

17 Dec 1998

REMEMBERED

A Note from The Virtual Wall

In the third week of August 1969 the Second Battalion, 7th Marines, deployed into the Hiep Duc Valley to assist Army units engaged with a well-dug-in North Vietnamese Army force. The 2/7 Marines had 25 men killed in action during the period 23-31 August; of these, eight were from Golf Company. Many more, of course, were wounded in action.
  • SGT William C. Adams, Junction City, KS (08/23/1969)
  • LCPL Hayward K. Peleiholani, Pahoa, HI (08/26/1969)
  • PFC Stephen E. Cunningham, Cleveland, OH (08/23/1969)
  • PFC Louis V. Hermann, Clifton Heights, PA (08/29/1969)
  • PFC Kenith L. Jarrell, Odessa, TX (08/23/1969)
  • PFC Joseph J. Pinto, Chicago, IL (08/26/1969)
  • PFC Richard P. Shelton, Los Angeles, CA (08/25/1969)
  • PFC Gerald A. Smith, Ogden, UT (08/29/1969)




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