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MAURICE ALBERT SHAFF JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 15, 1928 – June 17, 1967
Service recordMaurice Albert Shaff JR, of Urbana, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Urbana, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 3
- VICTORIANO PEREZ SOSA JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD STARKSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JOHN HENRY STOUTSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- WILLIE LEE THIGPENStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
From Urbana
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- LEWIS CLAYTON CHILDRESSCorporal · November 16, 1967
- TERRY NEIL HARDIGSergeant · January 21, 1969
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · March 2, 1969
- STEVEN EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- GERALD FIELD MCGLONECaptain · October 7, 1971
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.