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LEROY SHANNON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1945 – May 21, 1968
Service recordLeroy Shannon JR, of Dawson, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Dawson, Georgia (Terrell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 2
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GREGORY WAYNE THOMASCorporal · May 21, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD TIERNEYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK PAINE COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 12
- JIMMY WAYNE HAMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- DALE ARTHUR HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 15
From Dawson
- THOMAS WESTON JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- BENNIE FRANK HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- OLIVER ANDERSONSergeant First Class · May 3, 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.