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EDMUND JOSEPH SCHMIDT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – January 1, 1969
Service recordEdmund Joseph Schmidt, of Antelope, Montana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 17
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Assistant (62A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Antelope, Montana (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 17
- DONALD GENE KINGPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- JOSEPH NEMETH JRChief Petty Officer · January 1, 1969
- VICTOR WILLIAM OSNESSSergeant · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRIGGS KINNEY SICILIACaptain · Panel 35W, Line 18
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.