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CLARENCE LEE SHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – November 7, 1967
Service recordClarence Lee Shaw, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 44
- FREDERICK THEODORE SEBERSTechnical Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- SECUNDINO GARCIA SOSA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DONALD STIGALLColonel · November 7, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY CLAYTON BANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 37
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM BARKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 37
- BILLIE JOE BARNETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 38
- JAMES RONALD BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 38
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 38
- GEORGE DONALD CLAYTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 39
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 39
- JOSEPH MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 39
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 40
- TERRY ALAN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 40
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 41
- RONALD HARRY PAYNESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 43
- PASCAL CLEATUS POOLAW SRFirst Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 43
- ARTHUR DONALD STIGALLColonel · Panel 29E, Line 44
- LARRY EUGENE TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 44
- RONALD GILBERT STOLTENOWPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 45
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 45
- JOHN E YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 46
From Ardmore
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMANSpecialist Five · June 15, 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.