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LARRY LEE SHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – August 11, 1969
Service recordLarry Lee Shaw, of Rogers, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Rogers, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 4
- STEPHEN ROBERT PRINCESpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- ROY VERNON RAWLINSergeant · August 11, 1969
- RONALD ROBBINSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 128
- DAVID MICHAEL FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 1
- EDWARD LEE KANTERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 2
- JAMES JOSEPH KESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 3
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · Panel 19W, Line 4
- FRANKLIN DEAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 6
- DANIEL MORAN ZUNIGAPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 6
From Rogers
- CHARLES EDWARD MELOTTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.