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DAVID EDWARD SCHULZE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDavid Edward Schulze, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 7
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM PORTERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- WILLIAM DEAN RYANSpecialist Five · March 1, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES SCHIFFHAUERSpecialist Five · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30W, Line 3
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 7
- BEN HENRY WILKINS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 9
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
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.