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ROYAL ROY SHAFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1948 – November 5, 1969
Service recordRoyal Roy Shafer, of Hamilton, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 36
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
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Indiana (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 36
- MICHAEL TOXEY RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLISON ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- JIMMY RAY CAINPetty Officer First Class · November 6, 1969
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.