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RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1944 – February 6, 1970
Service recordRussell Allen Shields, of Lamar, Colorado, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 108
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 108
- FRANK MELVIN KAISERSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
- PETER MARK KOMAROWSKISpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- PATRICK ALAN MCLEODSeaman · February 6, 1970
- ERICK OWEN OLSONCorporal · February 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY DAVID THATCHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 109
- RICHARD FREEMAN WALTONSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 109
- MORRIS EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 110
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 110
From Lamar
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- LAVOY DON MCVEYCaptain · March 2, 1970
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · March 4, 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.