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JOHN REGINALD SHONECK
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1932 – October 18, 1966
Service recordJohn Reginald Shoneck, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 18, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 88
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
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 38 ARS
- Born
- July 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 18, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 88
- JOHN HENRY SOTHORON LONGCaptain · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD M MCILVAIN IIISpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- EUGENE LAWRENCE SELFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1966
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.