Name: 1LT John Frederick Shiefer
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 08/29/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 30.9
Date of Birth: 10/14/1939
Home City: Boise, ID
Service: AR branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: C/2/17 CAV 101 ABN
Major organization: 101st Airborne Division
Flight class: 70-6
Service: AR branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 07W-023
Short Summary: Shot down in LZ during Ranger team insertion.
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 67-17699
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: vehicular accident
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Vehicle ownership: government
Started Tour: 05/31/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
The initial status of this person was: no previous report
Length of service: *
Location: Thua Thien Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: DRY CREEK CEMETERY, BOISE, ID
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 07/25/1998
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