WILLIAM CHARLES SHINN
From Task Force Omega:
Name: William Charles Shinn
Rank/Branch: Staff Sergeant/US Air Force
Unit: 40th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron Udorn Airfield, Thailand
Date of Birth: 07 July 1948
Home of Record: Woodland, CA
Date of Loss: 28 January 1970
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 180200N 1053300E (WF582048)
Status in 1973: Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: HH-53B "Super Jolly Green Giant"
Other Personnel In Incident: Gregory L. Anderson; Leonard C. Leeser; William D. Pruett; William C. Sutton (missing); Holly G. Bell (remains returned). F-105G: Richard J. Mallon; Robert J. Panek, Sr. (remains returned)
Remarks: MIG HIT - EXPLODE - SHRT BEEPR - J
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3 comments:
Rest in peace my old friend and teammate. Nice to see your old slyly teasing smile once again.
LM
Thank you for posting this - Bill was my cousin. I was 6 years old when he was shot down in Vietnam. I never knew him. He and his brother Lauren were both causalities of that war. Very sad. It's great to see that trademark smile. Dad has another wartime picture of Bill - so this makes #2 for us. We’re sharing this with his other cousins and remaining family.
I'm curious LM, if I may, how did you know Bill? Thanks so much for remembering him here.
Cris Rominger
Cris,
I grew up with Bill. I seem to recall we were teammates as far back as Little League. Hard to remember everything but know that we attended the same schools and graduated from WHS (the old one) the same year. I entered the Army and Bill the Air Force.
LM (woodlandbaseball@sbcglobal.net)
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