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ERWIN ROSS SCHMELING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – March 17, 1970
Service recordErwin Ross Schmeling, of Stewartville, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Stewartville, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 15
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1970
- RODNEY RAY UBERMANFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1970
- CHARLES ALLEN WALTERSCorporal · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HUGH CLOWER JRSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 12
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 13
- RAY MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 14
- TRUMAN DENNIS NORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 14
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12W, Line 15
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Stewartville
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
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.