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THOMAS GLENN SHEPHERD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1948 – February 22, 1967
Service recordThomas Glenn Shepherd, of Clio, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 76
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Clio, South Carolina (Marlboro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 76
- WILLIAM MAXWELL POWERSSpecialist Five · February 22, 1967
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- HOMER URRABAZOSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
From Clio
- ADVERT WOODS JRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
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.