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EARL THOMAS SHAFFER SR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1923 – December 9, 1968
Service recordEarl Thomas Shaffer SR, of Covington, Georgia, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · 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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 2, 1923
- Home of record
- Covington, Georgia (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Binh Long
- 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 December 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 77
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK RHODESCorporal · December 9, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBINETTEPrivate First Class · December 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DUDLEY BERKFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 72
- MICHAEL J CIESIELKA JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 72
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 73
- DENNIS CHARLES ERFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 73
- ERNEST JOSEPH GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 74
- ROBERT FRANCIS HINKSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 75
- PETE LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 75
- TALTON LEE MACKEYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 75
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 76
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 77
- DAVID FREDERICK RHODESCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 77
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBINETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 77
- CURTIS HENRY SHARP JRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 78
- SAMUEL DALE SHIMEKSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 78
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 78
From Covington
- DANNY JOE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JAMES TERRELL COFERSpecialist Five · May 18, 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.