AIR COMMANDO 2 Shanks, James Lee

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Shanks ​

• FORENAME

James Lee ​

• UNIT

12 Air Commando Squadron (315 A.C. Wing) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

066229892 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th May 1968 ​

• AGE

38 ​

• GRAVESITE

Honolulu Memorial,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Freeport,New York​

born 13.4.1930 Freeport,New York​

son of James Shanks,Garden City,New York and Gladys Coleman,Fort Lauderdale,Florida​

husband of Elsie G. Shanks,Columbia,South Carolina (3 sons Robert lee,Mark Lee and Mitchell Lee)​

18 years service​

pilot​

award Air Medal​

Squadron Officer School (Section 88) September-December 1960​

co-pilot ​

UC-123B Provider (54-0588)​

KIA - crashed in South China Sea,off Minh Hai Province,South Vietnam​

remains not recovered ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 69E Line 2 ​

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