Kenneth Duane Shoaps

Sergeant
D CO, 2ND BN, 506TH INFANTRY, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
25 June 1948 - 23 May 1969
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
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101 ABN DIV

506TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Kenneth Duane Shoaps

09 Sep 2001

I didn't know you well in high school, but I heard you died in Vietnam. I marked it in my yearbook. In 1969, I was in college and did some antiwar protesting. I wish more men knew that many of us protesting were not communist sympathizers, but just classmates, your own age, who didn't want our friends to die.

The Moving Wall came to my town, so I found your name. I'm sorry that you died so young. I appreciate the cause for which you gave your life in a way I could not understand when I was 21.

Pamela (Seymour) Weimer
GPHS Class of '66
kwe1521455@aol.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

D Company, 2/506th Infantry, lost five men on 23 May 1969:
  • SSG Heriberto Marrero-Estrada, Bayamon, PR
  • SGT Douglas R. Matheson, Columbiaville, MI
  • SGT Kenneth D. Shoaps, Grosse Pointe Wood, MI
  • CPL Jose M. Galarza-Quinones, Rio Piedras, PR
  • PFC Douglas J. Sommer, Kearns, UT




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 9 Sep 2001
Last updated 08/10/2009