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HAROLD JOSEPH SHEA
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 11, 1923 – May 31, 1970
Service recordHarold Joseph Shea, of South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 127
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 834 AIR DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1923
- Home of record
- South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “834 AIR DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 127
- BRUCE RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · May 31, 1970
- RODNEY RAYFORD SANDERSCorporal · May 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SIMPSONSergeant · May 31, 1970
- RONALD RUSSELL TANNERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · Panel 10W, Line 123
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 10W, Line 123
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 129
From South Hadley Falls
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
- ROBERT JOSEPH SOWINSKICorporal · April 10, 1968
- MARC JOHN KUZMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIAM RAINAUDFirst Lieutenant · October 11, 1968
- PAUL DENNIS FLEMINGSergeant · January 7, 1969
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.