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DONALD RAY SCHROEDER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1947 – April 7, 1968
Service recordDonald Ray Schroeder, of New Albany, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 47
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- New Albany, Indiana (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 48E, Line 47
- DANIEL JOHN CLEVENGERCorporal · April 7, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- WILLARD MICHAEL ROBINSONLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- OTTO WILLIAM SEESergeant First Class · April 7, 1968
From New Albany
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE TRAUGHBERCorporal · September 10, 1967
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
- JERRY DOUGLAS CLARKPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- GLENNIS RAY KELLAMSStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.