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DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 5, 1928 – February 13, 1969
Service recordDonald Benjamin Schroeder, of Clearmont, Wyoming, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 29
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Clearmont, Wyoming (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 29
- GERRY ALBIN POLEGAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- WILLIAM REED STOCKSSergeant · February 13, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- LARRY GENE WHITEHEADCorporal · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS PENCESpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 28
From Clearmont
- GEORGE ROBERT HARRISONCorporal · April 23, 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.