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PHILLIP RAY SHOOPMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1946 – February 24, 1967
Service recordPhillip Ray Shoopman, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 87
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
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 87
- LARRY ROBERT SCOTTSergeant · February 24, 1967
- WILLIAM LOCKE STRUNKPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- PAUL EDWIN VANHOOSECaptain · February 24, 1967
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.