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GREGORY RANDALL SHAMBAUGH
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordGregory Randall Shambaugh, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 34
- WILLIAM HENRY SEWARDMajor · March 6, 1968
- JOHN B SHANKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- ARTHUR DAVID SHELTONPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 15
- CLINTON R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 16
- MELVIN B FENNPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 18
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 19
- DAVID JOHN LATRAILLESpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 24
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 29
- PHILLIP WAYNE PIGFORDSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 30
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 35
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
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.