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ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 9, 1943 – August 1, 1966
Service recordErnest Maxwell Shuman JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 95
- RONALD JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK JOSEPH GUNDAKERMajor · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RICHARD GRANVILLE KITNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 94
- RONALD JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 95
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 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.