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CAPTAIN ROY EDWARD SHAW, JR.
(3RD PLATOON LEADER)
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| Shaw arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to 3rd Platoon. He deployed with A Company as 3rd Platoon Leader to South Vietnam, December 1967. CPT Shaw deployed again 1/16/1970 with B/1-6 IN, 198th INF BDE where he was killed December 6, 1970 by a booby-trapped 105mm round in a hedgerow 13km N-NE of Quang Ngai City. Shaw may have been the last Fort Campbell Original to die in Vietnam. |
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Medals and Awards Bronze Star Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster Purple Heart Medal Army Commendation Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Ribbon Vietnam Campaign Medal Combat Infantryman Badge Jump Wings Unit Citations |
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 A Company Platoon Leaders - Shaw - Rodelli - Adams Hue, South Vietnam, February 1968 |
| ROY EDWARD SHAW CAPT - O3 - Army - Reserve - 198th Light Infantry Brigade - Bowling Green, FL. His tour began on Jan 16, 1970. Casualty was on Dec 6, 1970. In QUANG NGAI, SOUTH VIETNAM iOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. Body was recovered. Panel 06W - Line 110 |
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BIRTH 2 Aug 1941 DEATH 6 Dec 1970 (aged 29) BURIAL - Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Hardee County, Florida, USA. MEMORIAL ID 145060519 |
| OBITUARY -I couldn't find an obituary. |
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