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GARRY MONZEL SHANNON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – June 30, 1970
Service recordGarry Monzel Shannon, of Mabie, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Mabie, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970; ten of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 107
- MITCHELL OLEN SADLER JRCaptain · June 30, 1970
- WILLIAM STEPHEN SANDERSCaptain · June 30, 1970
- LEROY CLYDE SCHANEBERGCaptain · June 30, 1970
- EDDY EUGENE WHITESergeant · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 103
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 103
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 103
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 104
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 105
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 106
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 106
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
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.