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ROY EDWARD SHANKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1948 – April 19, 1968
Service recordRoy Edward Shanklin, of Belair, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 57
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Belair, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 57
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- THOMAS MORTON DICKINSONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- CRAIG BARRY GARIEPYSergeant · June 24, 1967
- LARRY RAY GUENTZELSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- NAMON HINES JRSpecialist Five · June 24, 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.