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JOHN DANIEL SHEWMAKE SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1933 – November 3, 1970
Service recordJohn Daniel Shewmake SR, of Adona, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 15, 1933
- Home of record
- Adona, Arkansas (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 3, 1970
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 62
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- PAUL TRUJILLOPrivate · November 4, 1971
- MARTIN MENDOZA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · November 4, 1971
- LEROY WHITE JRSergeant · November 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN HALECaptain · Panel 6W, Line 37
- PERRY CASTELLION KITCHENSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 37
- DENNIS IRVIN DAYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 60
- RICHARD CLAIR DORITYSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 60
- DAVID LANDRELL GINNSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 60
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- JERRY DEAN MARTINSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- CALVIN ANDREW NORRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- JAMES ROBERT PANTALLSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 61
- DAVID WALTER WOODSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 62
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.