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Shelton Martin Lynn

Name:
Martin Lynn Shelton
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
1st Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-05-28
State:
California
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
Plot:
C
Row:
22
Grave:
14
Decoration:
Comments:

When Martin Lynn Shelton was born on June 4, 1894, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, his father, Hugh, was 34 and his mother, Susan, was 25. He had two brothers and one sister. He entered the military service in California. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Medical Detachment Company, 1st Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on May 28, 1918 and is now buried in Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.