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JOSEPH EARL SHEARIN
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1926 – June 14, 1966
Service recordJoseph Earl Shearin, of Nashville, North Carolina, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 48
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1926
- Home of record
- Nashville, North Carolina (Nash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 48
- RONALD MATTHEW PADILLALance Corporal · June 14, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD PERRYPrivate First Class · June 14, 1966
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · June 15, 1966
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
From Nashville
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ALVIN BERNARD TUCKERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1971
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.