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ANTHONY MICHAEL SCHMUTZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1943 – July 4, 1967
Service recordAnthony Michael Schmutz, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 107 MM MORTAR BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “107 MM MORTAR BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 7
- RONALD DAVID REYESPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- RICHARD NEAL ROBEYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- STANLEY HOUSTON SULLIVANPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 123
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.