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JOE CARL SHAW
Captain · U.S. Army
January 3, 1948 – August 21, 1969
Service recordJoe Carl Shaw, of Portales, New Mexico, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 90
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Portales, New Mexico (Roosevelt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 90
- WILLARD D RICHARDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1969
- AOULIULITAU FAITUPE TAUFILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ADOLPHUS NORWOOD TYLERFirst Sergeant · August 21, 1969
- RAY MILTON BARKERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDY JOE LUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 87
- WILLARD D RICHARDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 90
From Portales
- HARRY GORDON DYERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- JERRY HAROLD BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD EDGAR SMITHSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD WOLFESpecialist Four · December 2, 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.