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THOMAS CHRIST SHEPHERD SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1942 – March 24, 1971
Service recordThomas Christ Shepherd SR, of Ilion, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Ilion, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 74
- WILLIAM DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- GREGORY MARTIN STONECorporal · March 24, 1971
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
From Ilion
- DANIEL MELVIN STONEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- CARTER LEE MOORECorporal · March 27, 1968
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.