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EARNEST EARL SHEFFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – December 15, 1968
Service recordEarnest Earl Sheffield, of Chipley, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Chipley, Florida (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 27
- THOMAS EARLE RAMSEYCorporal · December 15, 1968
- TEDDY RAY SININGERSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- JOHN MATHEW VITELLO JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
From Chipley
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- ELTON LLOYD SEARCYChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 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.