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CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1933 – May 23, 1970
Service recordCecil Clayton Schofield, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 88
- SHANE NUNZIO SOLDATOMajor · May 23, 1970
- WILLIAM H VAUGHT IIISergeant · May 23, 1970
- FRANK T VERLIHAY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1970
- JOHN DOSS ALLENLance Corporal · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FRANCIS BARRY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 83
- ALAN HARRY GROSSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 85
- JAMES WILLIAM HESSINGCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 85
- MICHAEL STEVEN JETTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 85
- LARRIE JOHN LANDERSHEIMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 86
- WILLIAM EDWARD LEACHCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 86
- LARRY ALLAN MAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 86
- EUGENE STUART MILLERCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 86
- STEPHEN JOHN PERKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 87
- WILLIAM H VAUGHT IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 88
- FRANK T VERLIHAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 88
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
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.