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STEPHEN WILLIAM SHAW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1945 – June 17, 1968
Service recordStephen William Shaw, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 15
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- HOWARD WARREN STEWARTPetty Officer First Class · June 17, 1968
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · June 17, 1968
- CLARENCE TOLENTINOStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.