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ANTHONY CAMERON SHINE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 20, 1939 – December 2, 1972
Service recordAnthony Cameron Shine, of Pleasantville, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 2, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 93
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Pleasantville, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 93
- JACK ROCKWOOD HARVEYCaptain · November 28, 1972
- BOBBY MARVIN JONESMajor · November 28, 1972
- RICHARD E BRUNDRETTE JRPetty Officer First Class · December 1, 1972
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
From Pleasantville
- HOWARD MACDONALD PYLE JRCorporal · August 12, 1969
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1970
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.