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JAMES J SHAUGHNESSY JR
Private · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordJames J Shaughnessy JR, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 22
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · September 1, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN RIGGLEStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ROSSLance Corporal · September 1, 1968
- ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRYCorporal · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN FLINTCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 18
- WILLIAM RONALD HINSONCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 19
- MELVIN JOSEPH OWCZARCZAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 19
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.