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GORDON SHEPHERD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1947 – March 17, 1966
Service recordGordon Shepherd, of Cridersville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPT CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Cridersville, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “SPT CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 19
- JAMES RICHMOND REILLYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1966
- JOHNNIE MERRITT TENONStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARKPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 17
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 18
From Cridersville
- MICHAEL DAVID ARMSTRONGPrivate · September 22, 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.