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DAVID JOEL SCHULTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordDavid Joel Schultz, of Kent, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 10
- ROBERT HENRY RANGES JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REDFORDCorporal · April 4, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE RUNKLELieutenant Colonel · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY DUANE KNAPPStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 6
- LAWRENCE ELSTON OSBORNESergeant · Panel 48E, Line 8
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 10
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 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.