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DONALD J SHANG
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 8, 1938 – December 28, 1968
Service recordDonald J Shang, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 87
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1938
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 87
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- CLYDE ALVIN REITERSergeant · December 28, 1968
- ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH GORDON TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DAVID MARKLANDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 83
- WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD JRMajor · Panel 36W, Line 85
- STEVEN J PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- STEPHEN CHESTER PONTY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 86
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 87
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 1
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.