SHANKS, JAMES LEE

Name: James Lee Shanks
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 13 April 1930
Home City of Record: OYSTER POINT NY
Date of Loss: 24 May 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 83404 North  1045855 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: UC123B
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: Emmett Rucker Jr., KIA/BNR
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.

REMARKS:

CACCF/CRASH AT SEA/AIRCREW/OFFSHORE MR4/18YRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

No further information available at this time.

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Library of Congress files:

South Vietnam, pre-1975: BIOGRAPHIC/SITE REPORT, PHOTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL
HISTORY RECORD
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975

Name: JAMES L. SHANKS

Subjects: MINH HAI PROVINCE; Aircraft downed; Killed

Reel: 204

Page: 1-5

Type of Document: Miscellaneous

Date of Report: 00 00 00

Date of Information: 68 05 24

Originator: USAF

Category: Casualty files

South Vietnam, pre-1975: CHANGE IN CATEGORY FROM "DEAD (BNR)" TO "REMAINS
NONRECOVERABLE"
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975

Name: JAMES L. SHANKS

Subjects: Remains; Aircraft downed

Reel: 204

Page: 23-24

Type of Document: Memorandum

Date of Report: 76 05 11

Date of Information: 68 05 24

Originator: JCRC

Category: Casualty files