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MICHAEL IRA SHANER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1946 – February 2, 1966
Service recordMichael Ira Shaner, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 131
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 131
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORESpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
From Joliet
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
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.