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DAVID FRANCIS SCHUETTE
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 26, 1948 – February 10, 1970
Service recordDavid Francis Schuette, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 123
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 123
- ANTHONY PHILIP ODDOPrivate First Class · February 10, 1970
- TARRY THOMAS OREILLYWarrant Officer 1 · February 10, 1970
- DUANE LAWRENCE RICHARDSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
- KENNETH ROSSSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.