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JOHN ANDREW SHAFFER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – January 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Andrew Shaffer, of Syracuse, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 77
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 77
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- WILLIAM CARL SUTTONMaster Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- HOWARD BLANDINOPetty Officer Second Class · January 29, 1970
- CLARENCE F BROWN JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN ORLANDO DILESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 74
- PETER DAVID GUZMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 74
- FRANK DODGE MADRIDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 76
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.