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JAMES EVERETT SHANKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1950 – April 30, 1971
Service recordJames Everett Shanks, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1971; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 20
- ERNEST RICHARD HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · April 30, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1971
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · April 30, 1971
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD KINGSLEY ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 19
- CANTRELL MONRO DANIEL IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 19
- CHARLES THOMAS KALLAHERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 20
- DAVID PHILLIP MEDINASpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 20
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 21
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.