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GORDON ALLEN SHAW
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1949 – May 13, 1970
Service recordGordon Allen Shaw, of Auburn, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Auburn, Indiana (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 38
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
- JAMES RAYBON BARTONMajor · May 14, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES A BAZZINOTTIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- GARY LEE COXStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 31
- DAVID ERVIN HUBNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 33
- RICHARD ALAN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 36
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 36
From Auburn
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1966
- STEVEN GLEN SHIRKSpecialist Four · September 22, 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.