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THOMAS WILLIAM SHAW
Private · U.S. Army
August 4, 1952 – December 23, 1970
Service recordThomas William Shaw, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 2
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 4, 1952
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 2
- RAYMOND DONALD KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- JESSIE RAY LINDLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1970
- ERVIN JEROME MURRELLPrivate · December 23, 1970
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 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.