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KRIS EDWARD SHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1951 – July 29, 1969
Service recordKris Edward Shaw, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 74
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · July 29, 1969
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · July 29, 1969
- HENRY ESTRELLA VILLALOBOSPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 69
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 70
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 71
- JAMES CARL KOTRCMajor · Panel 20W, Line 71
- BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNETCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 72
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.