Timeline
Birth- 1925
Boston Massachusetts
1939 - 1945World War II- Age: 19 years
Conflict Period
World War II
Awards
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman, Second Class, U.S. Navy
Service Number
2024420
Served For
United States of America
Aircraft assignment
TBF/TBM Avenger "gunner" - manned 50 caliber turret ball gun
Stationed- 1943
Alameda, San Diego, Hilo & Kaneohe Hawaii
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Torpedo Squadron One (VT-1)
Battle- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 19 years
Battle of the Philippine Sea, long range attack of the Japanese fleet
Casualty- Jun 20, 1944-Age: 19 years
Japanese AA guns
Approximately 630 miles west (northwest) of Guam
Death- Jun 21, 1945
Aircraft shot down by Japanese AA guns
Jun 20, 1944
Died 20 June 1944 (1945 not the actual date of death)
Burial
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Other Facts
State Of Residence
Massachusetts
Full Name
Michael V Shea
Full Name
Michael Vincent Shea
Mother
Mary J. Shea (Curran)
Also Known As
"Rick" O'Shea
Father
Patrick P. Shea
Sibling
Patrick, Mary, Daniel, Jane, Elizabeth, John, Thomas
