Francis L. Shafer, Jr.
Home Town: Newkirk, Oklahoma
Status: KIA
Silver Star
Vietnam War
U.S. Marine Corps
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Francis L. Shafer, Jr. (0-83900), Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company D, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, THIRD Marine Division, in action against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 30 March 1968.