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JAMES MERRILL SHEPARD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1946 – June 27, 1967
Service recordJames Merrill Shepard JR, of Marshall, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SUB UNIT 5 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshall, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 73
- JACKIE LYNN SANDERSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JAMES RALPH SNYDERSergeant · June 27, 1967
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- EDMUND BURKE TRAVISCorporal · June 27, 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.