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DON R SHACKELFORD
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1921 – February 9, 1966
Service recordDon R Shackelford, of Lynn, Indiana, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 21
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Born
- May 28, 1921
- Home of record
- Lynn, Indiana (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 21
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
From Lynn
- BRUCE ALAN SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKECorporal · September 26, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 2, 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.