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GARY LEE SCHROEDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1949 – October 20, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Schroeder, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS STEWART MCGARRYPetty Officer Third Class · October 20, 1970
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1970
- FLOYD ABNER SCHLIEWESpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 11
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 12
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 12
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 13
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 14
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
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.