| Honorific Prefix: | Corporal |
| John S. Shellenberger | |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1839 |
| Death Date: | 16 January 1911 (aged 71) |
| Birth Place: | Fayette County, Pennsylvania, US |
| Death Place: | Ohio, US |
| Placeofburial: | Welsh Hills Cemetery, Granville, Ohio |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1861-1865 |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Unit: | Company B, 85th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment |
| Battles: | Deep Run, Virginia |
| Awards: | Medal of Honor |
John S. Shellenberger (also Shallenberger, 30 August 1839 - 16 January 1911) was a corporal in the United States Army who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 6 April 1865 for actions performed at the Battle of Deep Run in Virginia on 16 August 1864.[1] [2] [3]
Shellenberger was born on 30 August 1839 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His home of record was Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. After the war, he worked as a farm laborer in Ohio. He died at the age of 71 on 16 January 1911 in Granville, Ohio.[4]
Shellenberger enlisted in the Army as a corporal on 12 November 1861 at Perryopolis and was mustered into Company B of the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry. During a charge on Confederate positions in which his unit suffered heavy casualties, Shellenberger was able to capture a Confederate regimental flag and became one of the 3 soldiers in his unit to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Shellenberger's Medal of Honor citation reads:
In 2013, Pennsylvania's state legislature redesignated a section of the Mon Valley Expressway Interchange in Fayette County (Exit 18) the John S. Shellenberger Exchange.