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ROBERT CONRAD SHANNON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 29, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Conrad Shannon, of Bountiful, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Bountiful, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 21
- ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- DONALD JAMES SLICHTERCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- ISAAC SPARKMANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RENE CARBAJAL-AZMITIASpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 17
From Bountiful
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVEN FRANKLIN MATHIASLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- RANDY LEE MATHIASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- TERRY BUCKLES DAYLance Corporal · September 29, 1968
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 9, 1969
- STEVEN DANNY LUNDLance Corporal · September 13, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE WEEKSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- DONN WHITNEY BELANDERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
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.