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RANDALL DALE SHAFFER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRandall Dale Shaffer, of Aurora, West Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 98
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Aurora, West Virginia (Preston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 98
- MANUEL SILVALance Corporal · November 14, 1967
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- GERARD MICHAEL WYNNMajor · November 14, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 94
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · Panel 29E, Line 95
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 96
- GERARD MICHAEL WYNNMajor · Panel 29E, Line 98
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.