Shade, George Everett, HN

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Hospitalman

Last Primary NEC
HN-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospitalman

Primary Unit
1967-1967, HM-8404, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines (1/9)

Service Years
1966 - 1967

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1945

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Casualty Info

Home Town Lansdale, PA	Last Address Lansdale, PA

Casualty Date Oct 13, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Misadventure
Location Quang Tri (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Lansdale Cemetery - Lansdale, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates 27E 103

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (66-67)/Operation Deckhouse V / Song Than
From Month/Year January / 1967	To Month/Year January / 1967
Description Jan 6 – 15; SLF 1st Battalion, 9th Marines and 3rd and 4th Battalions Vietnamese Marines operation supported by HMM-362 from the USS Iwo Jima in the Kien Hoa Province. First direct commitment of US troops to combat in Delta region. The target area was the VC's Thunh Phu Secret Zone, which had been controlled bu guerillas for 20 years.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year January / 1967	To Month/Year January / 1967

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

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