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ROBERT ERNEST SHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1947 – March 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Ernest Shaw, of North Hampton, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 100
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
- December 10, 1947
- Home of record
- North Hampton, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 100
- EDWARD JOSEPH FRENDLINGSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- GARY LYNN PACESergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SALAMONESpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
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.