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DAVID THOMAS SHIELDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1943 – June 29, 1968
Service recordDavid Thomas Shields, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 20
- CLARENCE ROBERT ROOTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- LARRY HAYS SMITHCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE SWABCorporal · June 29, 1968
- LARRY LEE THORNTONLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROGER HINTHERSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 17
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.