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ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCK
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
July 4, 1944 – January 16, 1966
Service recordRolland Bernard Shubbuck, of Medina, New York, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 16, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 75
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Medina, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 75
- FRED ALBERT NETHLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVERLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- JAMES E TATEPrivate First Class · January 16, 1966
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
From Medina
- ROGER JOHN COOKLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · May 23, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.