Frank Joseph Shovlin

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21 Jan 2008 Frank, you are not forgotten. From a friend, Michael O'Day 184 Bridge Road, Nescopeck, Pennsylvania mikeoday@epix.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 1/26 Marines' Command Chronology for June 1967 contains the following entry: The Operations Log includes the notation that two of the 18 men killed were with an artillery Forward Observer team from A Battery, 1/13 Marines. Two of the four seriously wounded men died from their injuries. The 20 Americans - 19 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman - who died as a result of the fight at Hill 821 were A Btry, 1st Bn, 13th Marines Pfc Gale E. Gotti, Westminster, CA Pfc Phillip A. Van Deusen, Tully, NY B Co, 1st Bn, 26th Marines Cpl Ronald L. Crooks, Hickory, NC (Silver Star) Cpl Edward F. Furlong, New York, NY Cpl Edward A. Vercouteren, East Meadow, NY Cpl Walter L. Ward, Harvey, IL LCpl James L. Blaz, Dededo, GU LCpl John J. Chase, Laurel, MD LCpl Robert F. Enderby, Danville, IL LCpl Kenneth R. Keefer, Streetsboro, OH Pfc Lawrence A. Brooks, Fountain Valley, CA Pfc Thomas M. Healy, Hutchinson, MN Pfc Jesse L. Johnson, Morris, IL Pfc Kenneth M. Johnson, San Diego, CA Pfc Steven L. Millett, Massapequa, NY Pfc Larry L. Morris, Gas City, IN Pfc Wayne M. Pitts, Pensacola, FL Pfc Frank J. Shovlin, Wilkes-Barre, PA Pfc Larry E. Worthen, Union Point, GA HN Gregory P. Vercruysse, Spokane, WA (Corpsman, H&S w/ B/1/26)

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 21 Jan 2008
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