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THOMAS FREDERICK SHIPLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – November 8, 1969
Service recordThomas Frederick Shipley, of Sale Creek, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 47
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Sale Creek, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 47
- EDWARD THOMAS REYESCorporal · November 8, 1969
- GERALD SAUERSSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- ANDREW BOWMAN SEXTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
- ROGER PAUL WALLINGPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD THOMAS REYESCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 47
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.