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PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordPaul Wayne Shrewsbury, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 15
- ALAN CRAIG MARTINSergeant · March 8, 1969
- LARRY LEE STONERWarrant Officer 1 · March 11, 1969
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 14
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.