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EDWARD JEROME SHAUGHNESSY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1944 – June 11, 1969
Service recordEdward Jerome Shaughnessy, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 27
- KARL WILLIAM MILLSCaptain · June 11, 1969
- RANDALL CHARLES ROBINSONCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MOSES RODGERSPrivate · June 11, 1969
- RAYMOND RICHARD SCHIFRINSergeant · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CORR JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- PAUL GUTTERREZ GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- JACK LEONARD HAGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 21
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 23
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
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.