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ALAN FRANCIS SCHAEFER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1935 – January 7, 1967
Service recordAlan Francis Schaefer, of Bayport, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Technician (2861)
- Born
- November 22, 1935
- Home of record
- Bayport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 124
- JERRY WOODALLPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY A CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
From Bayport
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 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.