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STEPHEN CRAIG SHANNON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1947 – March 22, 1968
Service recordStephen Craig Shannon, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 45E, Line 60
- CHARLES RICHARD PYLESpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL ROBERSONCorporal · March 22, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN STURGALSergeant · March 22, 1968
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.