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WILLIAM EDWARD SHEEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1942 – July 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Sheen, of Hanoverton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Hanoverton, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In July 1969, 834 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.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 61
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- RALPH DORMAN STORMCorporal · July 27, 1969
- CLAUDE EDWARD TABORPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- CLINTON EUGENE TIBBETTSTechnical Sergeant · July 28, 1969
From Hanoverton
- MITCHELL MCGUIRESergeant · May 9, 1968
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.