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CARL FREDRICK SCHMALZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordCarl Fredrick Schmalz JR, of Old Bridge, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Old Bridge, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 1
- CHARLES EDWARD SCATES JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHARPEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- CARL EUGENE SHIRLEYSergeant · May 18, 1968
- HOWARD RAY SPITZERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS PATRICK IORIOSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 19
- DONALD RICHARD MATESergeant · Panel 62E, Line 20
- DENNIS WAYNE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 2
From Old Bridge
- JOSEPH J SWAYZEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- ROBERT ALFRED MICHELCorporal · October 13, 1968
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.