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TIMOTHY EDWARD SHANOWER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1948 – September 3, 1968
Service recordTimothy Edward Shanower, of Perrysburg, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Perrysburg, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 34
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES RIGGSFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1968
- MARC EDWARD SNELLSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RUSSELL L WRIGHT IIIHospitalman · September 3, 1968
From Perrysburg
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
- FREDERICK MILTON STEMENPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JERRY ALLAN BOCKBRADERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1968
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- PAUL STUART LAVEROCKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- ORVILLE CAUDILLCorporal · September 28, 1971
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.