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KENNETH WILSON SHOOK
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
May 18, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wilson Shook, of Dayton, Virginia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Virginia (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 2
- MICHAEL DUANE SEESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ROGER LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WALLACEStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
From Dayton
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE DOLBRYN THOMASLance Corporal · May 16, 1969
- DICKIE CARSON CURRYPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
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.