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ALVIN CLAYTON SCHULTE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1938 – March 28, 1969
Service recordAlvin Clayton Schulte, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 75
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
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 75
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- MARVIN JAMES ROBERTSCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROY GARLAND RUBINLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLIFFORD WEST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 77
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.