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DANIEL THOMAS SCHMIDT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1946 – June 1, 1967
Service recordDaniel Thomas Schmidt, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 29
- RODERICK DANE MCMURRYCorporal · June 1, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PARISHPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANNPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.