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GARY FRANCIS SHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – November 11, 1967
Service recordGary Francis Shaw, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
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 29E, Line 76
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS SAWYERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- MICKEL MELVIN SMITHLance Corporal · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT MILTON STATON JRSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- LARRY MARTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 74
- EDWIN J MARTINEZ-MERCADOPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- ROBERT MILTON STATON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 76
- JOHN STEINER STUCKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.