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DONALD MAILY SHAFER II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1946 – February 18, 1966
Service recordDonald Maily Shafer II, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 49
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RUFFINLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY SCHROEFFELLieutenant (junior grade) · February 18, 1966
- ALBERT MERRIMAN SMITHCaptain · February 18, 1966
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN MCINTOSHLance Corporal · July 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.