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VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordVictor Thomas Shaffer, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 93
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 93
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ISRAEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROUCHONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 86
- CALVIN GENE HUNTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 89
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 92
- BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 92
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.