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JAMES MONFRE SHAPPEE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 19, 1944 – February 18, 1967
Service recordJames Monfre Shappee, of Miami, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 60
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 60
- PETER OTTO HOLCOMBPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1966
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1967
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- CHARLES SHAFFERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- TONY PAGE BLANKSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.