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GERALD WAYNE SHAKLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1949 – June 10, 1969
Service recordGerald Wayne Shakley, of East Brady, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- East Brady, Pennsylvania (Clarion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 15
- LAWRENCE COPPEDGESpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- ROGER ALAN PARRISHFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- ANDREW PARTIDAPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- EMIDIO PASQUALUCCIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEAROLD LEE BRANDTPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 11
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.