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JOHN FREDERICK SHIEFER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1939 – August 29, 1970
Service recordJohn Frederick Shiefer, of Boise, Idaho, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 23
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
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 23
- HAMILTON PAUL JRStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1970
- HOWARD EUGENE SATTERFIELDSpecialist Five · August 29, 1970
- LAWRENCE ELWOOD SCHEIB JRSpecialist Four · August 29, 1970
- PAUL JASPER AUSTIN JRSpecialist Five · August 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARRY THOMAS HENTHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 22
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 22
- HOWARD EUGENE SATTERFIELDSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 23
- LAWRENCE ELWOOD SCHEIB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 23
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.