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JAMES ROBERT SHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – January 8, 1971
Service recordJames Robert Shaw, of Clovis, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 34
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Clovis, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 34
- RICHARD H SANSBURYFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1970
- JAIME LABOYCorporal · January 8, 1971
- CECIL CHANCEY OLSENPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
- JOHN EMANUEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT LAMONT WALKER JRCorporal · January 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARREL DUFFCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 33
- ROBERT LAMONT WALKER JRCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 34
- DENNIS RAY WATTERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 35
From Clovis
- RONNIE DEAN PENDERGRAFTPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- MELVIN LYNN KIRKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- ANDREW ANDY RUIZCorporal · November 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.