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EDDIE LOU SHAFFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordEddie Lou Shaffer, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 46
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 46
- LARRY WAYNE RYCROFTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- FRANK SANFILIPPOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD SANGSTERPrivate · November 23, 1968
- NOAH LELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
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.