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WILLIAM FREDERICK SHAW JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1949 – August 6, 1970
Service recordWilliam Frederick Shaw JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 89
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 89
- LLOYD ALBERT MURPHYSenior Chief Petty Officer · August 6, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES PRCHLIKPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1970
- RONALD EARL SAMUELSONPrivate First Class · August 6, 1970
- KENNITH WALKER TAPSCOTTLieutenant · August 6, 1970
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.