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CLINTON WILLIAM SHAVER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – April 29, 1969
Service recordClinton William Shaver JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 79
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 79
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 1969
- ANDREW BRYAN RANKINLance Corporal · April 29, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAYCorporal · April 29, 1969
- FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ JRCorporal · April 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 78
- ELMER LYNN SPIVEYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 78
- ARTHUR RONALD STRAHINStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 80
- JAMES WALTER TUTTLESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 80
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.