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PAUL FRANCIS SHOGAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – June 10, 1966
Service recordPaul Francis Shogan, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 31
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)
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 31
- DAN BRUEN PACKARDCaptain · June 10, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROOTHStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 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.