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THOMAS COLLINS SHEA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1934 – January 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Collins Shea, of Orrington, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Orrington, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 18
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- GUST J SHARLOWSergeant · January 12, 1967
- KENNETH LEN SHUFFITTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARRY DON FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 15
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 19
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.