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RONALD LEE SHAVER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 17, 1946 – June 22, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Shaver, of Bellevue, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 20
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- GARY RAY BURNETTELance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS CASEYColonel · June 23, 1968
From Bellevue
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE IDLEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JESSIE JEROME GARRARDCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 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.