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DANIEL CARL SCHUSTER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 26, 1945 – July 3, 1968
Service recordDaniel Carl Schuster, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 5
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 5
- DONALD WAYNE OLSEN JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · July 3, 1968
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GRADY MONCRIEFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 53W, Line 3
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.