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KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1941 – November 30, 1967
Service recordKenneth R Shoemaker JR, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 17
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
- Nurse Anesthetist (3445)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 55 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 17
- CLIFTON BRADLEY SMITHLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
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.