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ELDON LYLE SHAPLEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – October 10, 1971
Service recordEldon Lyle Shapley, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 37
- CHESTER ANTHONY LUCChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 10, 1971
- FRANKLIN ROSADO SILOSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH STANUSHWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1971
- WILLIAM JIMENEZ-ACEVEDOSpecialist Five · October 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RAY HINTONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 36
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 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.