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GEORGE ARTHUR SHAVIES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – November 26, 1968
Service recordGeorge Arthur Shavies, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 69
- MARSHALL ROY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · November 26, 1968
- DAVID JOE STANSBURYLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RODGER ALAN BLATNICKLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DALE BEESONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- CHARLES DENNISPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 65
- LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 67
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 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.