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DAVID JEROME SCHMIDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1948 – April 1, 1970
Service recordDavid Jerome Schmidt, of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 75
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
- Communications Systems/Circuit Controller (31N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Mukwonago, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 75
- KLAUS DIETER SCHLIEBENCorporal · April 1, 1970
- VINTURE SCIARRETTISpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHN LEE SMITHCorporal · April 1, 1970
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
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.