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LOUIE JOHN SHIANNA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1943 – April 18, 1969
Service recordLouie John Shianna, of Freeport, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Freeport, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 4
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- CHARLES DUDLEY SHORTSpecialist Five · April 18, 1969
- CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH JRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- TIMOTHY TAYLOR TIPTONSergeant · April 18, 1969
From Freeport
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · January 8, 1968
- LARRY WESLEY MACKSpecialist Five · April 20, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN BONEBRIGHTSergeant · May 18, 1969
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · February 2, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 24, 1970
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.