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DONALD FRANK SCHMIDT
Captain · U.S. Army
May 20, 1939 – June 20, 1966
Service recordDonald Frank Schmidt, of Mt Pleasant, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 69
- GARY LAVERN SANGSTERLance Corporal · June 20, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- MARC ANTHONY SIVATTAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE EDWARD CLEMENTSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 64
From Mt Pleasant
- PATRICK CHARLES COUGHLINPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN ALLAN HOWEStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · April 12, 1970
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.