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DOUGLAS RALPH SCHMALTZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – February 7, 1971
Service recordDouglas Ralph Schmaltz, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 84
- RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHERSergeant · February 7, 1971
- DONALD LLOYD MEEHAN JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1971
- CHARLES LAMONT PEACECorporal · February 7, 1971
- JOSE MARIE ROCHACorporal · February 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND DEAN TROYANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 85
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 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.