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ARMON D SHINGLEDECKER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 26, 1941 – May 31, 1966
Service recordArmon D Shingledecker, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 31, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 129
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator, Tanker (1535)
- Born
- December 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 31, 1966
- 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
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 129
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
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.