SHAUGHNESSY THOMAS J

COL Thomas J. Shaughnessy was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 04/14/2017 at the age of 88.8
Cave Junction, OR
Flight Classes 54-H and 63-1QC
Date of Birth 06/16/1928
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with D/1/10 CAV 4 INF in 66-67, ACTIV in 69, 214 CAB in 70
Call signs in Vietnam SHAMROCK, COUGAR
This information was provided by Sammie Williams

More detail on this person: Thomas J. Shaughnessy, 88, of Salinas, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017. He was born June 16, 1928, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Thomas was a retired Colonel in the US Army. He was a member of Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. He was a Colonel in the US Army, served in Korea, two tours in Vietnam and a tour in Australia.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Ann Kathleen Shaughnessy.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Shaughnessy; daughter, Lynn Collen Olson; son, Patrick Shaughnessy; daughter, Marg E. Shaughnessy; eight grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, 2017, at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, 32053 West McCabe Road, Santa Nella, California 95322. Burial to follow with full military honors. Funeral arrangements by Struve and Laporte.

Published in The Salinas Californian on April 19, 2017.

Burial: San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Santa Nella, Merced County, California, USA

Burial information: San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Santa Nella,

This information was last updated 04/21/2017

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