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Donald Wilfred Shanks
Petty Officer Third Class
USS ORISKANY, TF 77, 7TH FLEET United States Navy Crescent City, California December 21, 1940 to October 26, 1966 DONALD W SHANKS is on the Wall at Panel 11E, Line 114 |
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A Note from The Virtual WallOn 26 October 1966 USS ORISKANY endured a major shipboard fire which killed 44 officers and crewmen and injured many more. The ship steamed to Subic Bay in the Philippines for temporary repairs before continuing on to the United States for permanent repairs. Eight months later she was again conducting operations off North Vietnam.
Details and a list of the dead are on The Virtual Wall's |
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