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MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – December 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Henry Shanley JR, of La Mesa, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 20
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- La Mesa, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1969
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 20
- ROBERT STEPHEN RAINESStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- MARVIN HOWARD SANDERSCorporal · December 2, 1969
- JONATHAN TOWNSENDStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- DENNIS LEE VANCEStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 17
- WILLIAM DALE SANDERLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- JONATHAN TOWNSENDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 20
- EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN IIChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 21
From La Mesa
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE PREVOSTSpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
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.