The Wall › Panel 13E › Illinois › Jack Leon Shaffer
JACK LEON SHAFFER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1941 – December 29, 1966
Service recordJack Leon Shaffer, of Arcola, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 100
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- March 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Arcola, Illinois (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 100
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- DENNIS GUY SCHLOTTCorporal · December 29, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
From Arcola
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM O LASSITER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
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.