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DOYLE ALLEN MCSHAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1934 – December 10, 1966
Service recordDoyle Allen McShan, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 28
- JOHN HENRY KNUDSENPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- JOSEPH GARY MIXSONMajor · December 10, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.