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ANTON JOHN SCHOEPKE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – August 1, 1970
Service recordAnton John Schoepke, of Goleta, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 76
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Goleta, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 76
- PERRY GRAY BLACKCorporal · August 2, 1970
- JAMES ALAN BOYERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1970
- GEORGE W CHARTERS JRSpecialist Five · August 2, 1970
- JOE HUGH FULGHAMSpecialist Four · August 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH HOOPERSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 74
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.