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GERALD DELMAR SHANOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 19, 1950 – March 12, 1970
Service recordGerald Delmar Shanor, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 120
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 120
- JOHN PATRICK PAPPINConstructionman Recruit · March 12, 1970
- BENITO ANDRADE PONCESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- GARY BERNARD SCULLMajor · March 12, 1970
- RONNY DEAN SHATTUCKSergeant · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DUDLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 116
- ANTHONY MARTIN M BLASSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 117
- DANIEL NEIL HEATERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 117
- JACK WILLIAM MESSERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 119
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.