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ROY GENE SHADDON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1935 – May 22, 1971
Service recordRoy Gene Shaddon, of England, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 51
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 22, 1935
- Home of record
- England, Arkansas (Lonoke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 51
- RALPH EDWARD POSEYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- PATRICK WEBERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- ARMANDO MARIN ZEPEDASergeant · May 22, 1971
- HENRY DALE ADKINSSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WALTER METCALFMaster Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 50
- JAMES WILLIAM PETERSONCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 50
- PATRICK WEBERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 51
From England
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DARRELL LYNN HAGGARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1968
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- CURTIS EARL BURKETTSpecialist Four · February 19, 1971
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.