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KENNETH DOYLE SHOOPMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1947 – December 26, 1968
Service recordKenneth Doyle Shoopman, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 78
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 78
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- SYLVESTER ROACHSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- LOUIS WADE ROBERTSCorporal · December 26, 1968
- IRVIN WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.