Donald W. Shea

United States Army general

  • Distinguished Service Medal
  • Legion of Merit
  • Bronze Star Medal (3)
Alma mater
  • Carroll College
  • Saint Paul Seminary
  • U.S. Army War College
  • University of Oklahoma
  • Long Island University
  • Central Michigan University
ChurchCatholic (Latin Church)OrdersOrdinationJune 2, 1962RankProtonotary apostolic (2002)

Donald William Shea (April 15, 1936 – May 18, 2016) was an American Army officer and Catholic priest who served as the 19th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1994 to 1999.[1][2]

Shea went to seminary at the Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN.[3] Ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena in 1962, Brigadier General Shea was granted the honorary title of monsignor by Pope John Paul II in 1991.[4] He was designated a protonotary apostolic supernumerary in 2002 after his military retirement and return to Montana in 1999.[5] He is one of four alumni of the Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN to become the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, the other three being Patrick J. Ryan, Francis L. Sampson, and Patrick J. Hessian.[6]

Awards and decorations

Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
V
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star (with valor device and two bronze oak leaf clusters)
Purple Heart
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal (with two bronze oak leaf clusters)
Air Medal
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters)
Bronze star
National Defense Service Medal (with one bronze service star)
Silver star
Vietnam Service Medal (with one silver service star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 3)
Silver star
Vietnam Gallantry Cross
Vietnam Civil Actions Medal, First Class
Vietnam Campaign Medal
  • Brig. Gen. Shea in 1991
    Brig. Gen. Shea in 1991
  • Maj. Gen. Shea in 1994
    Maj. Gen. Shea in 1994

References

  1. ^ "Monsignor (Major General) Donald W. Shea Funeral Mass to be Held May 27". diocesehelena.org. May 2016. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
  3. ^ "For God and Country" (PDF). The Oracle. Winter 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Prelati d'onore di Sua Santità" (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Italian). Vol. LXXXIV, no. 4. April 1992. p. 343. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "Protonotari Apostolici soprannumerari" (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Italian). Vol. XCV, no. 4. April 2003. p. 287. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  6. ^ "For God and Country" (PDF). The Oracle. Winter 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

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Preceded by Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
1990 – 1994
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Preceded by Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
1994 – 1999
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