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DAVID ALAN SCHULTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordDavid Alan Schultz, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 4
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · September 5, 1967
- DAVID SHERMAN STEWARTHospitalman · September 5, 1967
- BENJAMIN ANDREW THOMASSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- GARLAND D WHITMORE IIFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 113
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 1
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
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.