Richard Powell Shelton
Private First Class
G CO, 2ND BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Los Angeles, California
February 16, 1948 to August 25, 1969
RICHARD P SHELTON is on the Wall at Panel W19, Line 116

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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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