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DANNY JEAN SHORES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – October 6, 1970
Service recordDanny Jean Shores, of Edmond, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 116
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Edmond, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 116
- JAMES VERNON LLOYDSergeant First Class · October 5, 1970
- RUBEN BOSQUEZ SUNIGASpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- JOHN VINSON WILLIAMS JRMajor · October 6, 1970
- EDWARD WILLIAM WITHEEPetty Officer First Class · October 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DALE GENTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 115
- JAMES MICHAEL KELSOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 115
From Edmond
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
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.