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DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDT
Airman · U.S. Navy
June 27, 1948 – November 28, 1967
Service recordDennis Robert Schmidt, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 28, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 1
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- ARTHUR SLOAN JRMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 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.