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DENNIS FRANCIS SHINE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordDennis Francis Shine, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 73
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 73
- MICHAEL EDWARD POLIQUINPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROWELLSergeant Major · August 19, 1969
- RUSSELL MILES RUFFNER JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- GUS SIAMBONESPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE AUSTIN LUNNSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 70
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.