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ALLAN LEE SCHMIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1948 – November 6, 1968
Service recordAllan Lee Schmidt, of Tipton, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Tipton, Iowa (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 29
- DAVID LOUIS MERRILLPetty Officer Second Class · November 6, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PIGNATOLance Corporal · November 6, 1968
- RUSSELL J POWELLSergeant · November 6, 1968
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · November 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RONALD BELLAMYSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 25
- WILLIAM DEWITT NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 28
- RUSSELL J POWELLSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 29
- MARVIN ISAAC SIDERSMajor · Panel 39W, Line 29
From Tipton
- RICHARD LEMOYNE MURRAYCorporal · April 10, 1968
- GARY LLOYD HEINSpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
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.