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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Stanley Sergeant Shaw.

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STANLEY SERGEANT SHAW

Lieutenant · U.S. Navy

January 26, 1935 – February 11, 1964

Service record

Stanley Sergeant Shaw, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 11, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 43

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Lieutenant (LT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
Born
January 26, 1935
Home of record
Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 11, 1964
Age
29
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 43

From Hamilton

All 42 names from Hamilton →

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.