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DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1947 – March 28, 1970
Service recordDennis Melvin Schultz, of Elgin, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Elgin, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 53
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL SOULEAirman First Class · March 28, 1970
- BOBBY GENE SWANSON JRSergeant · March 28, 1970
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 51
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · Panel 12W, Line 51
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 52
- DARRELL SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
From Elgin
- NELSON ROGER MOOREMaster Sergeant · May 24, 1966
- FLORENTINO JOHN SANTANAPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- LEX ELSWICKSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR BOONEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- ROGER LEE WILSONCorporal · January 20, 1968
- WILLIAM RAY CHRISTENSENSergeant · January 19, 1969
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD MILAMSpecialist Four · January 24, 1971
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.