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THOMAS JAMES SHAFER
Captain · U.S. Army
October 20, 1942 – January 9, 1969
Service recordThomas James Shafer, of Peninsula, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 62
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supply Research & Development Officer (1985)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Peninsula, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 62
- CRAIG JOHN LOFTUSSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- WILBUR JERRY SIEGRISTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- RALPH PAUL TERRYPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 58
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 60
- RICHARD CHARLES SEESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 61
From Peninsula
- JOSEPH S SOBCZAK IISergeant · February 19, 1968
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.