First Lieutenant Joseph Henry Shelton III

Joseph Henry Shelton III 8-27-70.jpg

Title

First Lieutenant Joseph Henry Shelton III

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Marine Corps

Description

1Lt. Joseph H. Shelton III was killed on August 18, 1970, while serving with the 167th Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron, 16th Marine Aircraft Group, 1st Marine Air Wing, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. Lt. Shelton was the husband of Mrs. Sandra Shelton of Tuscaloosa and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Shelton Jr. of Warner Robbins, Georgia.

A photo fo Lt. Shelton's grave can be found at this site: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=109587048.

Lt. Shelton's Virtual Wall Site can be found here: http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SheltonJH02a.htm

Source

Tuscaloosa News Archive
Find A Grave

Publisher

Tuscaloosa News

Date

August 27, 1970

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Type

Newspaper

Identifier

1980

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

Newspaper