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ROBERT LEE SHOEMAKER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 2, 1936 – June 5, 1965
Service recordRobert Lee Shoemaker, of Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 5, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 131
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Mehoopany, Pennsylvania (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 131
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- RONALD HARVEY MCNEESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1965
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
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.