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JAMES CHRIS SHUKAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – April 12, 1970
Service recordJames Chris Shukas, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 129
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 129
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- FRANKLIN DALLAS SUMMERSCaptain · April 12, 1970
- CHARLES ROLAND TOWNSENDPetty Officer First Class · April 12, 1970
- JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTINSergeant · April 13, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.