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PETER WILLIAM SHAGOVAC JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1949 – April 1, 1968
Service recordPeter William Shagovac JR, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 36
- JAMES HENRY MORGANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- CURTIS ALLEN RHODESCaptain · April 1, 1968
- DARWIN BRUCE RIDENHOURStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1968
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 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.