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JAMES GAYLORD SHRADER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 21, 1941 – May 12, 1970
Service recordJames Gaylord Shrader, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 29
- STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL PAUL SEGICHLance Corporal · May 12, 1970
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENSCorporal · May 12, 1970
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.