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GARY JOHN SHEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordGary John Shea, of Ripley, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Ripley, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 2
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- JOHNNIE BRYANT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SLIFKASpecialist Five · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARDELL BORDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 19
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 21
- JAMES ROY FISHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 60E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LLOYD LAMBSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 24
- FRANK GEA NAVARROCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 27
- JOHN R OGLESBYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 27
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 3
- WILLIAM DAVID STIRRUPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 61E, Line 3
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 3
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.