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ELWIN ROY SHAIN
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 27, 1931 – July 28, 1968
Service recordElwin Roy Shain, of Iowa City, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 27, 1931
- Home of record
- Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 27
- JORGE MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 28, 1968
- STEPHEN RYAN RICHARDSCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RONALD LEE RUSEKCorporal · July 28, 1968
- JOHN REYITO SERRANOCorporal · July 28, 1968
From Iowa City
- FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHERFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- DARRELL L HAMLINSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.