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DONALD FRED SCHAFER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1944 – May 19, 1967
Service recordDonald Fred Schafer, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 49
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Tank And Assault Amphibious Vehicle Officer (I) (1801)
- Born
- November 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 49
- THOMAS ALAN RONALDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 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.