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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Clifford W Schneeman JR.

The Wall › Panel 29E › Ohio › Clifford W Schneeman JR

CLIFFORD W SCHNEEMAN JR

Captain · U.S. Army

September 6, 1937 – November 5, 1967

Service record

Clifford W Schneeman JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 29E · Line 26

Position of Panel 29E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
Unit (as recorded)
183 AVN CO 223 CAN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
Born
September 6, 1937
Home of record
Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 5, 1967
Age
30
Province
Tuyen Duc
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 29E, Line 26

From Cincinnati

All 226 names from Cincinnati →

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.