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THOMAS SHAW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – November 15, 1966
Service recordThomas Shaw, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 76
- TED WANE ADAMSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- CLYDE MOSES RIDGWAYSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EUGENE DANIELSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 73
- BUDDY ALFONZA STANLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 77
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.