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EDWARD BRENDAN SHAW
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
April 4, 1939 – September 5, 1965
Service recordEdward Brendan Shaw, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 5, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 76
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 165 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- April 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 76
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- RICHARD CARLTON MARSHALLCaptain · September 5, 1965
- MICHAEL TERRANCE BADSINGLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
- ALLAN RUSSELL FISCHBACHLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 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.