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EARL EDWIN SHANNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1951 – December 13, 1970
Service recordEarl Edwin Shannon, of Milledgeville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Milledgeville, Georgia (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 119
- JOHN TERRENCE KILESpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- TOMMY GENE MORRISCorporal · December 13, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN TERRENCE KILESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 119
From Milledgeville
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · January 9, 1965
- MARION EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES RALPH ETHERIDGELieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1968
- JIMMY BEDGOODStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- WILLIE LEE FREEMANLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES ALBERT FRALEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- DONALD CALVIN CORDLESergeant First Class · December 18, 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.