Shirley Darryl Lee

Monuments

Sgt's John Leach, Todd Zephier, and PFC Darryl Shirley Monument

Heilbronn 84th Field Artillery Regiment Plaque

Name:

Darryl Lee Shirley

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

Unit:

84th Field Artillery Regiment

Date of Death:

1985-01-11

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Dallas County, Texas, USA

Plot:

Section Valor Ridge

Row:

Sublot 67A

Grave:

Space 3

Decoration:

Comments:

Darryl Lee Shirley was born on April 20, 1965, in Indiana. He was the son of Dorothy Mariah Gilbert Lee. He enlisted in the US Army on September 21, 1983. He served in Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, as a Private First Class during the Cold War.

On January 11, 1985, a Pershing II missile's first stage exploded during an assembly at Camp Redleg in Heilbronn, Germany, killing three U.S. Army soldiers including PFC Shirley, and injuring sixteen others. He is now buried in the Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Dallas County, Texas, USA.