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GARY GENE SCHNEIDER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1947 – December 31, 1966
Service recordGary Gene Schneider, of Ft Jennings, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Jennings, Ohio (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 105
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- HOWARD MORRIS KRAMERPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES ORFIELDPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
From Ft Jennings
- ROBERT LEO EICKHOLTSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
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.