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ROY EARL SHULTS JR
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1924 – April 13, 1967
Service recordRoy Earl Shults JR, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 13, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 24
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
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 26, 1924
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 24
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN SCISNEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN TAYLORLance Corporal · April 13, 1967
- THOMAS RAY WALKERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1967
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
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.