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BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordBlaine Clarence Schaffer, of Slatedale, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Slatedale, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 16
- LUPE MONSEBAISLance Corporal · August 5, 1968
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
- TONY SALAZAR OROZCO JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- RODOLFO PEREZSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 14
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 15
- GARY MICHIEL MABREYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 15
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 16
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
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.