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DENNIS RICHARD SCHMIDT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1945 – August 8, 1966
Service recordDennis Richard Schmidt, of North Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1945
- Home of record
- North Plainfield, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 117
- RICHARD WILLIAM POWERPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- CHARLES RAY POWERSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN SCHAAFSergeant Major · August 8, 1966
From North Plainfield
- JOHN FRANK BARANOSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RONALD PETER SANTOROLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 10, 1969
- FREDERICK C KINSLER JRLance Corporal · August 23, 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.