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DAVID WAYNE SHAFFNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1946 – July 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne Shaffner, of Jonesville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Jonesville, North Carolina (Yadkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 77
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · July 7, 1969
- JAMES LOYD OHARASergeant · July 7, 1969
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
From Jonesville
- JERRY STEVENSON FORDSpecialist Four · October 24, 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.