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ROY EDWARD SHAW JR
Captain · U.S. Army
August 2, 1939 – December 6, 1970
Service recordRoy Edward Shaw JR, of Bowling Green, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 110
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Florida (Hardee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 110
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · December 6, 1970
- WALTER VERNON MARCUMStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROBERT JOHANN SEUFERTStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
From Bowling Green
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · June 6, 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.