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JOHN MICHAEL SHINAULT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1945 – May 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Shinault, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 19
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 19
- DONALD RAY HAYWOODPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- LOUIS ANTONIO PEREZSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- RONALD SHAFER PIERCEPrivate · May 7, 1969
- DANIEL TIRADOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.