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CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVER
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
September 18, 1931 – January 16, 1966
Service recordCharles David Schoonover, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- RVAH 9 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- September 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “RVAH 9 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 75
- FRED ALBERT NETHLieutenant Commander · January 16, 1966
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- JAMES E TATEPrivate First Class · January 16, 1966
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HAL T HOLLINGSWORTHEnsign · Panel 4E, Line 74
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.