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ANDREW HARRY SHIMP
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 30, 1940 – June 9, 1967
Service recordAndrew Harry Shimp, of Skokie, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Map Compiler (81D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 569 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Skokie, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “569 ENG CO 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 81
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- IRA EDWARD SCOTTStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JEROME FRANK STARKWEATHERCaptain · June 9, 1967
- HOWARD ERNEST SWANNSergeant · June 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK RICHARD RAGUSASpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 80
From Skokie
- ROBERT ALAN PEACHPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- GERALD F PELZMANNFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- TERENCE FRANCIS COURTNEYCaptain · May 2, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.