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HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1946 – November 20, 1966
Service recordHarry Joseph Shepherd JR, of Largo, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 97
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Largo, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 97
- PRESTON WAYNE POLKPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT SILVERStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- DARYL EUGENE SMOCKSeaman Apprentice · November 20, 1966
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
From Largo
- JEFFERY DALE BOUTONPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STEPHENSSergeant · June 22, 1967
- REID CARLTON ARNOLDCorporal · September 6, 1967
- DENNIS DEAN LOFTHEIMFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- STEPHEN FREDRICK TURNERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCPHEEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOLDENSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
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.