Prior to coming to Vietnam, Spec. Shaw was assigned to Headquarters Battery, United States Army Training Center, Fort Sill, Okla., where he served as an information specialist after graduating from the Defense Information School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind. He entered the Army in June 1966 and completed basic training at Ft. Dix, N. J.
Spec. Shaw is a 1962 graduate of Aroostook Central Institute of Mars Hill and was a co-captain on the school's basketball team that went to the semi-finals of the 1962 Eastern Maine Class L tournament.
He received his bachelor of science degree in Secondary Education from Gordon College, Wenham, Mass., in April 1966.
While at Gordon College he participated in baseball and basketball and was named co-captain of Gordon's 1966 basketball team.