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JOHN JOSEPH SHORTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 23, 1947 – June 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Shorter, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Glen Burnie, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 24
- ERNEST VON SHOMPANYCorporal · June 23, 1968
- DAVID SMITH IISpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- CLETUS DALE TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1968
- JAMES B WASHINGTONPrivate · June 23, 1968
From Glen Burnie
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- LEWIS JOHN FOGLERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES DOMINIO YOUNGHAMCorporal · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- NORMAND PAUL PERRONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- WILLIS FRANCIS HOUSEMaster Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN STONE JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · April 30, 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.