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ALFRED M SCHROEDER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1942 – September 18, 1968
Service recordAlfred M Schroeder JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 30
- STEVEN MICHAEL ORTPrivate · September 18, 1968
- WILLIAM D ROBINSON JRCaptain · September 18, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- EUGENE SMITHSergeant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 25
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 29
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.