Actual burial is here in North Carolina
Monument in Courts of the Missing, Honolulu
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136928300/donald-monroe-shue
Centotaph at Arlington National Cemetery
Monument at National Vietnam Memorial
SFC Donald Monroe Shue, Vietnam Veteran, Born in Concord NC, HOR was Kannapolis, NC. He entered service in Charlotte, NC. Donnie and two other soldiers were reported missing on November 3,1969. He was Declared Missing In Action(MIA), Then Killed in Action(KIA) on January 15, 1979, and then posthumously promoted to SFC. His remains were returned to the U.S.Control in 2009 and interred on 1 May 2011.
Sergeant First Class Donald Monroe Shue was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, SFC Shue served our country until November 3, 1969 in Laos. He was 29 years old and was married. It was reported that Donald died from unknown causes. SFC Shue is on panel 16W, line 024 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.
03 Nov 1969 SSGT William T. Brown, SST Gunther Wald, SP4 Donald Shue and six Montagnards formed a patrol operating in Laos. The patrol team was attacked by a numerically superior force 30 miles inside Laos near Ban Chakevy Tai in Saravane Province. Four of the Montagnards escaped and returned to camp to report the ambush and capture of their comrades. When last seen, Brown had been wounded by a gunshot just below the rib cage. He was lying on the ground as the attackers shouted, "Capture the Americans". SSGT Wald and SP4 Shue were also seen to receive numerous shrapnel wounds from a fragmentation grenade. The other team members were forced to withdraw leaving them behind. Bad weather precluded insertion of a recovery team until November 11. They searched the entire area, but could only find some web gear which was identified as belonging to three of the indigenous team members and SP4 Shue. There was no trace of any graves or of the three missing Americans. They were classified as Missing In Action.
I grew up with Donnie, we went to the same high school and graduated in 1967, Concord High School. I will always miss his wit and humor. SP5 James E. Helms, 1st Air Cav 69-70, 3 Cimmarron Dr, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-7012, [email protected].
High School Best of Friends: Donnie as he is known to me, is one of my best friends, almost like my brother. We spent most of our late teenage years together in Concord, NC. We loved to ride motorcycles, dance, dress funny, drink beer and chase the young girls. We were just the typical teenage boys. Donnie and I often talked of the US Army. We wanted to be Green Berets, one of America's Best. Well Donnie went to the Army and I stayed home and raised a family. Donnie was the youngest of five children. His mother and father were both in their 40s when he was born. He had four sisters two of which were twins. Donnie being the youngest and the only male, was the light of his family. But then again he was loved by everyone. Donnie came home on leave on many occasions and always came by my house, sometimes before he went home. In late 1968 he came home with a wife, Carol. He met her at Myrtle Beach, SC and fell deeply in love. We sat around and sang songs nearly all night. One in particular was "I Can't Stop This Feeling" by B.J. Thomas. Donnie left in early 1969 for Okinawa, Japan. He had just finished training in communications and guerrilla warfare. He told me that he was going there so that he could be close to Vietnam. The last letter I received was in late 1969. Donnie stated he was going to Nam for six to eight weeks. He would not say why and told me that we would discuss it later. He never came home. Donnie was listed MIA on November 03, 1969. This news devastated his family and loved ones. His wife Carol who was in Japan was six months pregnant. They sent her home and while in transit she lost his only child. His Father passed away in less than nine months. I believe that it was on the 5th year after Donnie became MIA, a tree was planted in his honor at the US Post Office in Concord. On January 15, 1979 they held a memorial service for Donnie at Fort Bragg, NC. We all attended this farewell. Donnie's Mother passed away several years later, a bereaved lady. The only thing that Mrs. Shue prayed for was that if Donnie did not come home that she would be with him in Heaven. As the years passed I have lost touch with Donnie's remaining family. I have recently tried to locate his twin sisters, Nancy and Peggy without success. I have not given up and will see them soon. I have one MIA bracelet and will give it to Donnie's family upon their request. Monty Clark, 7519 Pawtucket Road, Charlotte, NC 28214, [email protected].
I was his Commanding Officer: When we went to Vietnam, I was the Executive Officer of Specialist Shue's unit. At about the time he became Missing in Action, I had been promoted and assumed command of our unit because of an injury to our commander and his medical evacuation from Vietnam. Don Shue was an great soldier and an excellent Communications Sergeant. Larry Kimmel, [email protected].
After almost 42 years, the remains of Donald Meares Shue will be returned to Kaanapolis. The US Army's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Center has identified Shue's remains and plans to fly them to Charlotte-Douglas Airport April 30th 2011. Whitley's Funeral Home in Kaanapolis will be in charge of a memorial service, tentatively scheduled for May 1. David Whitley said details will be forthcoming. Shue and two other soldiers went missing on a mission in Laos, November 3rd, 1969. On January 13, 1973, the Army officially listed him as killed in action. DNA testing helped to identify his remains in 2009. At the end of Operation Homecoming in 1973, more than 2,500 Americans did not return from Southeast Asia and were unaccounted for. Since then, the remains of 900 Americans killed in the war have been recovered and returned to their families. It's expected that Shue will be buried with his parents and brothers at Carolina Memorial Park. "Sgt First Class Shue and the more than 58,000 U.S.Service Members who died in Vietnam will never be forgotten". U.S. Senator Kay Hagan said in a press release "After so many years, I know it is a relief to his family that he will be welcomed home". Shue's name is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington and the half sized replica of the wall now open to the public at Frank Lake Park in Concord until 9pm Sunday.
He served with RT Maryland, Command and Control North, MACV-Special Operations Group, Special Forces, Vietnam.
He was awarded The Expert Infantryman's Badge(EIB), The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Vietnam Gallantry Cross. The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, Paratrooper's Jump Wings Insignia, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
Actual burial is here in North Carolina
Monument in Courts of the Missing, Honolulu
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136928300/donald-monroe-shue
Centotaph at Arlington National Cemetery
Monument at National Vietnam Memorial
SFC Donald Monroe Shue, Vietnam Veteran, Born in Concord NC, HOR was Kannapolis, NC. He entered service in Charlotte, NC. Donnie and two other soldiers were reported missing on November 3,1969. He was Declared Missing In Action(MIA), Then Killed in Action(KIA) on January 15, 1979, and then posthumously promoted to SFC. His remains were returned to the U.S.Control in 2009 and interred on 1 May 2011.
Sergeant First Class Donald Monroe Shue was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army, SFC Shue served our country until November 3, 1969 in Laos. He was 29 years old and was married. It was reported that Donald died from unknown causes. SFC Shue is on panel 16W, line 024 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C.
03 Nov 1969 SSGT William T. Brown, SST Gunther Wald, SP4 Donald Shue and six Montagnards formed a patrol operating in Laos. The patrol team was attacked by a numerically superior force 30 miles inside Laos near Ban Chakevy Tai in Saravane Province. Four of the Montagnards escaped and returned to camp to report the ambush and capture of their comrades. When last seen, Brown had been wounded by a gunshot just below the rib cage. He was lying on the ground as the attackers shouted, "Capture the Americans". SSGT Wald and SP4 Shue were also seen to receive numerous shrapnel wounds from a fragmentation grenade. The other team members were forced to withdraw leaving them behind. Bad weather precluded insertion of a recovery team until November 11. They searched the entire area, but could only find some web gear which was identified as belonging to three of the indigenous team members and SP4 Shue. There was no trace of any graves or of the three missing Americans. They were classified as Missing In Action.
I grew up with Donnie, we went to the same high school and graduated in 1967, Concord High School. I will always miss his wit and humor. SP5 James E. Helms, 1st Air Cav 69-70, 3 Cimmarron Dr, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-7012, [email protected].
High School Best of Friends: Donnie as he is known to me, is one of my best friends, almost like my brother. We spent most of our late teenage years together in Concord, NC. We loved to ride motorcycles, dance, dress funny, drink beer and chase the young girls. We were just the typical teenage boys. Donnie and I often talked of the US Army. We wanted to be Green Berets, one of America's Best. Well Donnie went to the Army and I stayed home and raised a family. Donnie was the youngest of five children. His mother and father were both in their 40s when he was born. He had four sisters two of which were twins. Donnie being the youngest and the only male, was the light of his family. But then again he was loved by everyone. Donnie came home on leave on many occasions and always came by my house, sometimes before he went home. In late 1968 he came home with a wife, Carol. He met her at Myrtle Beach, SC and fell deeply in love. We sat around and sang songs nearly all night. One in particular was "I Can't Stop This Feeling" by B.J. Thomas. Donnie left in early 1969 for Okinawa, Japan. He had just finished training in communications and guerrilla warfare. He told me that he was going there so that he could be close to Vietnam. The last letter I received was in late 1969. Donnie stated he was going to Nam for six to eight weeks. He would not say why and told me that we would discuss it later. He never came home. Donnie was listed MIA on November 03, 1969. This news devastated his family and loved ones. His wife Carol who was in Japan was six months pregnant. They sent her home and while in transit she lost his only child. His Father passed away in less than nine months. I believe that it was on the 5th year after Donnie became MIA, a tree was planted in his honor at the US Post Office in Concord. On January 15, 1979 they held a memorial service for Donnie at Fort Bragg, NC. We all attended this farewell. Donnie's Mother passed away several years later, a bereaved lady. The only thing that Mrs. Shue prayed for was that if Donnie did not come home that she would be with him in Heaven. As the years passed I have lost touch with Donnie's remaining family. I have recently tried to locate his twin sisters, Nancy and Peggy without success. I have not given up and will see them soon. I have one MIA bracelet and will give it to Donnie's family upon their request. Monty Clark, 7519 Pawtucket Road, Charlotte, NC 28214, [email protected].
I was his Commanding Officer: When we went to Vietnam, I was the Executive Officer of Specialist Shue's unit. At about the time he became Missing in Action, I had been promoted and assumed command of our unit because of an injury to our commander and his medical evacuation from Vietnam. Don Shue was an great soldier and an excellent Communications Sergeant. Larry Kimmel, [email protected].
After almost 42 years, the remains of Donald Meares Shue will be returned to Kaanapolis. The US Army's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Center has identified Shue's remains and plans to fly them to Charlotte-Douglas Airport April 30th 2011. Whitley's Funeral Home in Kaanapolis will be in charge of a memorial service, tentatively scheduled for May 1. David Whitley said details will be forthcoming. Shue and two other soldiers went missing on a mission in Laos, November 3rd, 1969. On January 13, 1973, the Army officially listed him as killed in action. DNA testing helped to identify his remains in 2009. At the end of Operation Homecoming in 1973, more than 2,500 Americans did not return from Southeast Asia and were unaccounted for. Since then, the remains of 900 Americans killed in the war have been recovered and returned to their families. It's expected that Shue will be buried with his parents and brothers at Carolina Memorial Park. "Sgt First Class Shue and the more than 58,000 U.S.Service Members who died in Vietnam will never be forgotten". U.S. Senator Kay Hagan said in a press release "After so many years, I know it is a relief to his family that he will be welcomed home". Shue's name is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington and the half sized replica of the wall now open to the public at Frank Lake Park in Concord until 9pm Sunday.
He served with RT Maryland, Command and Control North, MACV-Special Operations Group, Special Forces, Vietnam.
He was awarded The Expert Infantryman's Badge(EIB), The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Vietnam Gallantry Cross. The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, Paratrooper's Jump Wings Insignia, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
