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WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – April 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clifton Shearin, of Louisburg, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 504 MP BN 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisburg, North Carolina (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 41
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ROGER DOUGLAS SAUXCorporal · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
From Louisburg
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- PAUL LOUIS JOYNERCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · August 21, 1968
- JOHN WILLIE THOMASSergeant · February 22, 1969
- PHILLIP CORNELIUS BLACKMONDSpecialist Four · May 16, 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.