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DAVID M SCHASRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – February 18, 1968
Service recordDavid M Schasre, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- 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 February 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 12
- DAVID KEITH POMEROYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON POOLEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES RAMSEYSergeant · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JAMES EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 3
- RICHARD HERBERT FOXSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 5
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 5
- RICHARD MARK HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 6
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 9
- ROBERT LEE MOSLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 10
- DANIEL R SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 13
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.