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RICHARD EARL SHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1946 – January 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Earl Shaw, of Delhi, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Delhi, New York (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 53
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES SCRUTONSergeant · January 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 44
- FREDIE RAY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- RICHARD E DEVORESergeant First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 47
- EDDIE HERMAN HOLLANDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 50
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 50
- BRUCE JAMES MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 51
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 52
- FRANCIS PAUL RYBAKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 52
- DANIEL EVERETTE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 53
- THOMAS JOSEPH SKAVARILPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 53
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 54
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.