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JONATHAN PETER SHAFFER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 25, 1945 – December 29, 1967
Service recordJonathan Peter Shaffer, of San Mateo, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 97
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 25, 1945
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 97
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- DENNIS CAROL SMITHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- MILTON WARREN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- GERALD GORDON VANBURENLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.