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JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 16, 1932 – February 3, 1963
Service recordJohn F Shaughnessy JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 3, 1963, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 18
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1963
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1963; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In February 1963, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 18
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
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.