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EDMOND DAVID SCHOENIG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1945 – November 11, 1966
Service recordEdmond David Schoenig, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 56
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- TERRENCE MANN ROONEYWarrant Officer 1 · November 11, 1966
- MILTON FRANCIS SMITHCaptain · November 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · Panel 12E, Line 54
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 57
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.