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GARY FREDERICK SCHULER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1945 – March 31, 1967
Service recordGary Frederick Schuler, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 81
- WILLIAM CHARLES RELFPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- JAMES MYRON RINGLEPrivate · March 31, 1967
- RONALD HUBERT SOUTHWORTHCorporal · March 31, 1967
- JOE D STOWERSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LESTER BRESHEARSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 77
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- CHARLES C DICKEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 78
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
- JOHN ANTHONY TODIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 82
- JOHN MICHAEL WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.