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JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAW
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1948 – October 24, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Michael Shaw, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 20
- GREGARY ALAN WILKSSergeant · October 24, 1970
- DENNIS CHARLES CANNANPrivate First Class · October 25, 1970
- ZANE CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1970
- MANUEL DELEON DOMINESergeant · October 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- MICHAEL HARRELD PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- GREGARY ALAN WILKSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 20
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE GOSSARDPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 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.