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JOHN JAMES SHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1945 – January 29, 1967
Service recordJohn James Shaw, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 94
- DONALD FRANCIS YATESCorporal · January 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM BIEDIGERColonel · January 29, 1967
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN I COOKSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 94
- STANLEY A ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 96
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.