USS Indianapolis CA-35
William Enloe Shelton Jr. - Lost At Sea

Name: William Enloe Shelton Jr.
Lost at Sea William Enloe SHELTON Jr. Rank / Rating: SM2-Signalman Second Class
Service #: 644 66 10
DOB: Jul 07, 1923
From: Ball, LA
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. William Enloe Shelton, Sr.
Went Aboard: Feb 24, 1943
Age When Ship Went Down: 22 years, 0 months, 23 days
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Bio Last Updated: Sep 03, 2026

Lost at Sea William Enloe SHELTON Jr.
William E. SHELTON Jr.
Front of Draft Card for LAS William Enloe SHELTON Jr.
Back of Draft Card for LAS William Enloe SHELTON Jr.
Burial at Sea William was one of the twenty-eight crew member's bodies recovered and identified by USS Helm between Sunday August 5, 1945 to Monday August 6, 1945. It not being possible to bring William aboard for the official Burial at Sea Ceremony, he was reverently placed in a sea bag, weighted with three 5" shells and "committed to the deep" by his fellow seamen.
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Weekly Town Talk, (Alexandria, LA), Sat, Sept 15, 1945, p. 4; citing KIA
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