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CONRAD WILLIAM SHAINA
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1946 – July 6, 1966
Service recordConrad William Shaina, of Santa Susana, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 3
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Susana, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 3
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- FREDDY LEE TORRANCEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
From Santa Susana
- GREGORY ALLEN ERVINLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE NELSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL SHERIDAN GARRETTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSONSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.