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JOE THOMAS SHUMPERT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 26, 1938 – December 25, 1967
Service recordJoe Thomas Shumpert, of West Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Born
- October 26, 1938
- Home of record
- West Columbia, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 60
- PHILLIP ERNEST NEFFSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- JERRY ALAN SELLERSMajor · December 25, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- HAROLD DAVID WILLIAMSTechnical Sergeant · December 25, 1967
From West Columbia
- WILLIAM EDWARD TEERLance Corporal · September 13, 1966
- MERLE BRUCE MORROWLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1970
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.