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JERRY WAYNE SHAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – April 4, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Shain, of Cromwell, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Cromwell, Kentucky (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 11
- MORRIS RAYMONE SHEPARD JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- DENNIS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- MARK GALEN STICKELSSergeant · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERALD ELGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 2
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
- DANIEL GUARDADOSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- RAYMOND JUNIOR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 5
- LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 48E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 7
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 11
From Cromwell
- HARRELD PIRTLE MARTINCaptain · August 23, 1968
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.