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JOHN FRANCIS SHEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1943 – March 9, 1964
Service recordJohn Francis Shea, of Willimantic, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Born
- March 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 45
- MORRIS RALPH MCBRIDECaptain · March 3, 1964
- THOMAS WELLER MCCARTHYCaptain · March 3, 1964
- HERBERT FRANCIS HARDY JRCaptain · March 4, 1964
- THOMAS MALCOLM HERGERTColonel · March 8, 1964
From Willimantic
- WILLIAM F COVEY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · June 21, 1967
- HENRY WILFRED BERNARD JRLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT E HOPKINSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
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.