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KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1938 – March 15, 1964
Service recordKenneth Arthur Shannon, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 47
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- September 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1964
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1964. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 47
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- THOMAS LEE LEWISSergeant First Class · March 23, 1964
- EDWIN GERALD SHANK JRCaptain · March 24, 1964
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
From Lynchburg
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.