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DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFER
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
April 15, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordDonald Raymond Schafer, of Milwaukie, Oregon, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 40
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
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukie, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 40
- GERALD LOYD PARSONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RAPHAEL ALEXANDER PERALTAPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD PETERS JRSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- DWIGHT GERALD REICHLELance Corporal · May 1, 1968
From Milwaukie
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COOPERPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- LARRY ERNEST DIKEMANCorporal · May 31, 1969
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 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.