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ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 18, 1950 – March 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Shaffer, of Greentown, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Greentown, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 24
- PAUL EDWARD IRVINPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- HENRY CLYDE SANDERSLance Corporal · March 12, 1969
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 19
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · Panel 29W, Line 19
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 21
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FLOYD HENRY ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
From Greentown
- WILLIAM KEITH COGDELLCaptain · January 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.