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MELVIN LEROY SHIELDS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1945 – May 18, 1967
Service recordMelvin Leroy Shields, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 36
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 28 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 36
- MICHAEL SESSA JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MARK SMITH JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANK SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- ALVIN RICHARD SPIDERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 20
- CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BEAVERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 21
- WILLIAM ALLEN BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD BURCHSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 21
- JAMES T BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 21
- JOSEPH CALHOUNSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 22
- LOUIS WILSON COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 23
- ESTEBAN COLON-MOTASStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 23
- PATRICK JAMES FLAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 23
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 24
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 25
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 26
- JAMES LEE FOREMANSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 26
- HORACE ROSCOE GORESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 27
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 27
- BRUCE ALAN GRANDSTAFFPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 28
- EDWARD CHARLES HULTQUISTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 29
- CLIFFORD ALVIN JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 30
- DANNY EUGENE KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 30
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 31
- CHARLES EDWARD RANALLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 34
- CHARLES OSCAR REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 34
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 35
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 35
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.