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CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1945 – June 9, 1967
Service recordCraig Ray Schoenbaum, of Arcadia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortuary Affairs Specialist (57F)
- Born
- December 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 81
- IRA EDWARD SCOTTStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- ANDREW HARRY SHIMPSpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- JEROME FRANK STARKWEATHERCaptain · June 9, 1967
- HOWARD ERNEST SWANNSergeant · June 9, 1967
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 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.