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RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – May 20, 1969
Service recordRaymond Mack Shineldecker, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 61
- JOHN MICHAEL RANDALLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS ROBSONCorporal · May 20, 1969
- JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DALE GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 58
- JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 61
- GUADALUPE ESPARZA MONTOYASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 63
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.