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ROBERT L SHOCKEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1944 – October 5, 1966
Service recordRobert L Shockey, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 65
- JERRY LEE RUITERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · November 12, 1966
- AARON BLANDINGSergeant · November 13, 1966
- JOHN DAVID BULGERPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- EDWARD CARROLASpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.