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RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEY
Airman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
November 3, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordRonald David Shockley, of Porterville, California, served as an Airman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 24, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 8
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
- Airman Apprentice (AA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 8
- WILLIAM PATRICK RYLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- JAMES EDGAR SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- ISIAH SIMMONSCaptain · August 24, 1968
- BILLY SMITHPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.