The Wall › Panel 8W › Kentucky › Gary Lee Schneider
GARY LEE SCHNEIDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1949 – July 14, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Schneider, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 18
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 18
- MELVIN DALE MILLERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1970
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1970
- JOHN READY IIISpecialist Four · July 14, 1970
- THOMAS SAMUEL ROGERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 16
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- WILLIAM EDWARD JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 17
- TERRY ALAN PALMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 18
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 19
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
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.