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THEODORE SHAMBLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1936 – November 11, 1965
Service recordTheodore Shamblin, of Fayetteville, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, West Virginia (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 41
- ORIN LARRY ALLREDCorporal · November 11, 1965
- WILBUR WILLIAM IVANOVSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
- GILIVALDO A MARTINEZ JRStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1965
- RICHARD PHILLIP ROBBLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1965
From Fayetteville
- CLAYTON MITCH BLANKENSHIPPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1972
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.