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THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 23, 1944 – January 27, 1966
Service recordThurman B Shockley JR, of Sparta, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 101
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Sparta, Tennessee (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 101
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROOSEVELT SNOW ROMESergeant · January 27, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 98
- JIMMY ROGER HARSANYIPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 99
From Sparta
- SEAN PAUL DODSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ALVIN DALE HUTCHINGSPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- WILLIAM CORDELL ALLEN JRPrivate · June 24, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL CASEYCaptain · March 25, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE TROGLENStaff Sergeant · May 24, 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.