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THOMAS WILLIAM SHAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1946 – June 15, 1966
Service recordThomas William Shay, of Middletown, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Middletown, Connecticut (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 49
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- NATHANIEL HUBBARDCorporal · June 15, 1966
- RAYMOND HOYT HUDSONSergeant · June 15, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 48
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 48
- BILLY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 49
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 50
From Middletown
- LEROY FRAZIERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
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.