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DAVID JOHN SCHMERBECK
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 8, 1922 – October 2, 1970
Service recordDavid John Schmerbeck, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1970, in Thailand, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 8, 1922
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 48
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 108
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- SAI GIN LEWPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- RANDY DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · December 5, 1970
- BRUCE WAYNE SPRINGSergeant · December 5, 1970
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 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.