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MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – August 26, 1968
Service recordMichael Bernard Shuman, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Stoughton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 36
- CHARLES ARTHUR WHALENLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JAMES C BARBOUR JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALTON TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 46W, Line 34
From Stoughton
- PAUL MCEACHRONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERONSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GUESTCorporal · May 27, 1969
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.