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KARL EDMOND SHENEP
Captain · U.S. Army
July 18, 1940 – April 16, 1967
Service recordKarl Edmond Shenep, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 36
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 36
- BILLY BURKE LOUTPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- RICHARD WEAVER PIATTFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1967
- JOHNNY WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 33
- JAMES WALTER GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18E, Line 34
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 35
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 35
- JOHNNY WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 36
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.