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WESLEY SHIMODA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1946 – November 15, 1966
Service recordWesley Shimoda, of Commerce City, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 77
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
- September 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Commerce City, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 77
- BUDDY ALFONZA STANLEYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN STARCHERLance Corporal · November 15, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE THORNTONSergeant · November 15, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
From Commerce City
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM G MENDENHALLSergeant · November 1, 1966
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- VERE LOYD WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- GARY RAY LARGEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- GERALD DAN GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- PETER RICHARD MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1972
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.