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DONALD RAY SHOULDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Shoulders, of Griffith, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 8
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
- Cast Specialist (42B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Griffith, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 8
- LLOYD M SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- JESSE W SINGLETON JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 1969
- EDDIE LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
From Griffith
- DANIEL WALTER JORDANFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOFFREDOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · November 27, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH LLOYD CRODYCorporal · July 11, 1972
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.