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DAVID BRENNAN SCHACHNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Brennan Schachner, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 24W, Line 11
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE PRIEST JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- CLAUDE DOUGLAS PULLENPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- MICHAEL WILLIAM RECTORConstructionman · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GLEN HEATHERLYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- JAMES CLAIRE KOPSENGStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 7
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.