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DANIEL MORELAND SHEEHAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – July 17, 1969
Service recordDaniel Moreland Sheehan, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 12
- LESLIE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- ROBERT JAY SLANAKERSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- WILBUR JOSEPH VACHON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 9
- RICHARD GREGORY PHILLIPSSpecialist Five · Panel 20W, Line 11
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 12
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 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.