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ROBERT HAZEN SHIELDS II
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 19, 1943 – August 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Hazen Shields II, of Kensington, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 47
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Kensington, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 47
- PAUL PONCESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 43
- SANCHEZ ALEJO DELVALLESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 44
- JOHNNIE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 44
From Kensington
- WILLIAM RICHARD SPATES JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WALTER LLOYD DROSDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 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.