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EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRIS
Captain · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – December 9, 1969
Service recordEugene Paul Shumbris, of Bayside, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 44
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supply & Evac Staff Officer (G4,a4,s4) (4010)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Bayside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 44
- JEFFERY NOLAN SMITHHospitalman · December 9, 1969
- THOMAS EARL SUMLINPrivate First Class · December 9, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SWEDENBURGSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- CHARLES STANLEY TARBERTCorporal · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS FRATUSSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 41
- WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 43
From Bayside
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- WALTER JOSEPH BIENKOWSKILance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- ALBERTO COLONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · March 7, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
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.