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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harry Clifton Shepard JR.

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HARRY CLIFTON SHEPARD JR

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

December 3, 1937 – October 10, 1969

Service record

Harry Clifton Shepard JR, of Waterboro, Maine, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 17W · Line 64

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 3, 1937
Home of record
Waterboro, Maine (York County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 10, 1969
Age
31
Province
Kien Giang
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.