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CHARLES EARL SCHOOLCRAFT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1941 – February 17, 1969
Service recordCharles Earl Schoolcraft, of Hinckley, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 51
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Hinckley, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 51
- THOMAS WOODROW SANDERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- LEE VERN SILVERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- JAMES DALE SNYDERLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- RUSSELL WILLIAM WENDLERLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
From Hinckley
- WALTER SAUER JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- RAY GENE HUFFPrivate First Class · July 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.