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DAVID LEROY SCHETTL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordDavid Leroy Schettl, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 11
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ROSARWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- FRANCIS BARON SCHMITTWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1968
- VICTOR JOHN SCHWEIGPrivate · May 17, 1968
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 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.