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GARY DON SHIELDS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1942 – January 11, 1967
Service recordGary Don Shields, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- February 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 12
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- G LYLE STETTENSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- JOHN ONEIL WELSH JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · May 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 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.