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GARY RUSSELL SCHMIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1945 – September 25, 1967
Service recordGary Russell Schmidt, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 12
- RICHARD LAUGHLIN OLEARYSecond Lieutenant · September 25, 1967
- KEITH FRANCIS PERRELLILance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RONALD CHESTER ROGOWSKIPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- JOHNNY STEVE ROTTONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.