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DON TYRONE SHEARER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1949 – July 4, 1968
Service recordDon Tyrone Shearer, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 13
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 13
- ALEXANDER ANTHONY ROCZENPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- CHARLES PETER SEARLESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- RAYMOND BEN SHAWNCorporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.