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CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1947 – September 17, 1966
Service recordClaiborne Lavelle Shaw, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 110
- EDWARD RAMOSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES REEDLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD ROCKYCaptain · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FRY SIEGERTSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.