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DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1950 – September 22, 1971
Service recordDavid Lawrence Sheaffer, of Parchment, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 24
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Parchment, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 24
- RALPH LINDSEY MCCOY JRPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1971
- MELVIN DONALD BARNETTSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- RICHARD ARELLANO SUPNETAirman First Class · September 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANK HOJNACKIPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 23
From Parchment
- WILLIAM HOWARD CLARK JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- CARL MITCHELL REYNOLDSPrivate · June 12, 1970
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.