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ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1945 – September 24, 1968
Service recordArlon Glenn Schaeffer, of Loveland, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Loveland, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 7
- JAMES E PENNINGTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1968
- JOSEPH KENT SEARLESpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- DARWIN HUGH SHELTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- PAUL JOHN SILBERBERGERMajor · September 24, 1968
From Loveland
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- DONALD WARREN CONN JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1966
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 1971
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.