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CHARLES HAROLD SCHAEFER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1944 – August 24, 1969
Service recordCharles Harold Schaefer, of Streator, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- October 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Streator, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 109
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- JOSE F ROSADO-BORGESPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES SCHELL JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1969
- LARRY SHEASpecialist Five · August 24, 1969
From Streator
- DONALD LEROY BUTEHospitalman · May 1, 1967
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUNSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · November 10, 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.