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RICHARD WAYNE SHIVER
Private · U.S. Army
March 6, 1943 – January 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Wayne Shiver, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Go Cong
- 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 January 10, 1968; eight of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 26
- JOHN CHARLES TINGLEYSergeant · January 10, 1968
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · January 10, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 13
- LEE ROY BIRDENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 14
- WILLIAM BURR CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 15
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 16
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 17
- DAVID HARPER HERSHBERGERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- ALEX JAMES HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ROBERT LEE HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ANTHONY JOSEPH LEDERERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 22
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 23
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 25
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 26
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
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.