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EDWIN GERALD SHANK JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 21, 1936 – March 24, 1964
Service recordEdwin Gerald Shank JR, of Winamac, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 24, 1964, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 47
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 21, 1936
- Home of record
- Winamac, Indiana (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1964
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1964; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 47
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- THOMAS LEE LEWISSergeant First Class · March 23, 1964
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
From Winamac
- LARRY GENE BONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- RICHARD W PODELLCaptain · June 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM PARCELLance Corporal · April 22, 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.