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DALE HOWARD SCHMIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – February 3, 1968
Service recordDale Howard Schmidt, of Harrison, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrison, Iowa (Missouri Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 14
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE STANTONHospitalman · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · February 3, 1968
- BARRY LEE WOLKCorporal · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 1
- LARRY GEORGE CANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 4
- VERNON ZIGMAN JOHNSSergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 5
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 6
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 6
- LESLIE LAWRENCE COWDENSpecialist Five · Panel 37E, Line 8
- EUGENE M KORECKICaptain · Panel 37E, Line 9
- EDWARD MCCORVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 11
- HOWARD SADLER JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 13
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 16
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.