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THOMAS WELCH SHEA
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1928 – August 7, 1970
Service recordThomas Welch Shea, of Ballwin, Missouri, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 92
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1928
- Home of record
- Ballwin, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 92
- THEODORE C KAPPMEYERCorporal · August 7, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM MACNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1970
- STEVEN MICHAEL WADEPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- STEPHEN CRAIG BRIESECorporal · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GORDON ALAN DADISMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 90
From Ballwin
- CHARLES MICHAEL SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 10, 1967
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE FOSTERSergeant · May 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- DANIEL LEE MITCHELLCorporal · August 1, 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.