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EDDIE RAY SCHIMMELS
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 5, 1939 – February 18, 1969
Service recordEddie Ray Schimmels, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 18, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 56
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
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAH 10 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- March 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAH 10 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 56
- STANLEY MILTON JEROMEPetty Officer First Class · February 18, 1969
- DAVID Q PATTERSONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- RONALD LEE RAKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- PATRICK JOSEPH RONANSergeant · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · Panel 32W, Line 53
- STANLEY MILTON JEROMEPetty Officer First Class · Panel 32W, Line 56
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.