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RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1946 – December 30, 1968
Service recordRonald Lawrence Shattuck, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 2 BN 2 INF 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 10
- MARK ANDREW SMENYAKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- ROGER DALE SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- STEPHEN OMEARA WHITESergeant · December 30, 1968
- REYNALDO ARENASSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 1970
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.