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THOMAS FRANK SHANKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1946 – September 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Frank Shanks, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 63
- EFRAIN JULIO ROBLEDOSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- JERRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1967
From Coraopolis
- JOSEPH DALE RIGGLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 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.