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MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1947 – September 4, 1967
Service recordMichael Francis Shea, of Sparks, Nevada, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 110
- DOUGLAS JAMES HOOTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- GREGORY JOHN SCOTTCorporal · September 4, 1967
- LEON SIMMSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
From Sparks
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.