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BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – March 28, 1969
Service recordBruce William Shaffer, of Bloomington, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 76
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 76
- CHARLES OWEN SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- LON ARNOLD SPURLOCK IILieutenant Colonel · March 28, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- JOHN WRIGHT SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
From Bloomington
- KENNETH LEE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
- BOBBY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
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.