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ROLAND JUNIOR SHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – March 11, 1967
Service recordRoland Junior Shaw, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 65
- RICHARD A ROWELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD BARRY SAMSSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT EARNEST SCHOPPAULSergeant · March 11, 1967
- HAYWARD CARL SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HARDING BALLARDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FORREST DEAN HOEMEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 58
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 61
- RONALD LEE MANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- JOHN DARRELL NOKESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 62
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 64
- GALE KURK VOGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ROBERT CARL VOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.