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TOMMY LOREN SHEHORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – May 5, 1968
Service recordTommy Loren Shehorn, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 299 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 31
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHELDONSeaman · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JULIUS SAFRITSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.