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CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1931 – May 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Duaine Schoepflin, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1931
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 1
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY JAMES SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY CHRISTOPHER SHAFERLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 3
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 8
- WAYNE ALLEN PAINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- GEORGE ROBERT SMILEYCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 2
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.