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CLEON LARRY SCHREFFLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 20, 1946 – May 3, 1967
Service recordCleon Larry Schreffler, of Millersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Millersburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 32
- LEE HENDERSON RUSSSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- PHILLIP CRAIG SKINNERLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- EUGENE DOUGLAS SPICERLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 23
- AMADOR L GONZALEZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 27
From Millersburg
- ALEXANDER WILLIAM DUPLESSIEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1971
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.