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LYNN DOYLE SHUGART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1950 – May 21, 1969
Service recordLynn Doyle Shugart, of Banning, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Banning, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 71
- JAMES IRA SANFORDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES SAM SCARMEAS JRCorporal · May 21, 1969
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · May 21, 1969
- WILLIAM WALTER SMITHPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 64
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- PETER JOHN GLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- JERRY JOSEPH KOCANDA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 67
- JOHN WAYNE RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 70
- ROBERT LEE VAUGHN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 73
From Banning
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1965
- VERLAND ANSEL GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- ARTHUR PAUL ROBERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
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.