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STEPHEN PAUL SHANER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1945 – August 7, 1969
Service recordStephen Paul Shaner, of Bowling Green, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 109
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 109
- ROBERT FRANKLIN OLSONCaptain · August 7, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES LENARD REEFERCorporal · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 106
- JOSE ANTONIO CARRIONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 107
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 110
From Bowling Green
- TERRENCE RICHARD TITUSCaptain · June 11, 1965
- JESUS ROSAS CRUZLance Corporal · February 27, 1967
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.