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KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNON
Captain · U.S. Army
October 29, 1942 – February 18, 1968
Service recordKenneth Michael Shannon, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Tuy Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 13
- DANIEL R SCOTTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS LARRY SENNPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE SHAPLANDCorporal · February 18, 1968
- GARRY DAYMON SHEPPARDWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · April 19, 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.