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WALLACE CLAIR SHAFFER JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 18, 1946 – January 8, 1968
Service recordWallace Clair Shaffer JR, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 94
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MED BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Kittanning, Pennsylvania (Armstrong County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 94
- HAROLD WAYNE SIGMONSergeant · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT SMITHLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- HALLIE WILLIAM SMITHMajor · January 8, 1968
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
From Kittanning
- DANIEL GARY MECHLINGSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS BROWNLance Corporal · March 30, 1968
- FRANK HOGENMILLERPetty Officer First Class · November 15, 1968
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- WILLIAM HAYES MAUTHEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1969
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.