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MICHAEL JOHN SHEA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1950 – April 29, 1975
Service recordMichael John Shea, of El Paso, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1975, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- April 7, 1950
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1975
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1975. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS HANCOCK CVA 19”, his unit in the record, lost 2 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 124
- DARWIN LEE JUDGELance Corporal · April 29, 1975
- CHARLES MCMAHON JRCorporal · April 29, 1975
- WILLIAM CRAIG NYSTULCaptain · April 29, 1975
- JIMMY P BLACKSergeant · May 13, 1975
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CRAIG NYSTULCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 124
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.