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LAWRENCE ALLEN SHAFFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1949 – June 20, 1968
Service recordLawrence Allen Shaffer, of Edinburg, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Chaplain Assistant (71M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 9
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GUSTAVE RINDONEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- GREGORY MARK ROSSSergeant · June 20, 1968
- CHARLES SEGAR JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 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.