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JOHN PATRICK SHANNON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Patrick Shannon JR, of Mill Valley, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 86
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Mill Valley, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 86
- RICHARD J ROUGHGARDENFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1969
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- JAMES ELVIN SCOTTLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- DONALD SIDNEY SKIDGELSergeant · September 14, 1969
From Mill Valley
- CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JRWarrant Officer · October 8, 1963
- RONALD DAVID MILESPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- EARLE AVON DRAKECaptain · August 6, 1967
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
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.