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EUREKA LAVERN SCHMITTOU
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
April 18, 1929 – May 23, 1967
Service recordEureka Lavern Schmittou, of Ringgold, Texas, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 23, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (PR)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS 2 USS HORNET CVS 12
- Born
- April 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Ringgold, Texas (Montague County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS 2 USS HORNET CVS 12”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 92
- DONALD ALVAH SKINNERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- ROBERT DEWEY THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 90
- THOMAS EDWIN PETTISLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 20E, Line 91
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · Panel 20E, Line 92
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.