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HUGH JOHN SHEVLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – November 8, 1970
Service recordHugh John Shevlin, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 46
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 46
- WILLARD FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- TERRANCE JAMES MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- DONALD WILLIAM MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- WILLIAM KENNETH VADEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 44
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 45
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 45
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.