File:US Marine Merriell Shelton.png

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Description	A black-and-white headshot of U.S. Marine Merriell Shelton, wearing his dress uniform.
Author or copyright owner	Unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: c. 1940s Immediate source: https://nz.forceswarrecords.com/memorial/461703437/merriell-a-shelton/sources
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Merriell Shelton
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	As subject has been deceased since 1993 and was never a public figure in his lifetime, no free image can be found.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Image will be used solely at top of article to identify subject.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	As image is cropped and greatly reduced in resolution, any copies will be of inferior quality with little to no commercial value.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1993
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Merriell Shelton//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Marine_Merriell_Shelton.pngtrue

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This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Merriell Shelton":

to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them,
where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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