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FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAEFFER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1943 – June 19, 1967
Service recordFrederick William Schaeffer, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 13
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 13
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN HILDENBRANDPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WILLARD GODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 14
- STEVEN RICHARD MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- HOBART WILSON MCCOMAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 17
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 20
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 22
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.