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DAN ROGERS SHEARIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1946 – January 31, 1966
Service recordDan Rogers Shearin, of Norlina, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Norlina, North Carolina (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 126
- ARMANDO TESILLOSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · January 31, 1966
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARMANDO TESILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 126
From Norlina
- JOHN ERNEST MOODY JRSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
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.