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GEORGE H SCHROEDER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1943 – May 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge H Schroeder JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 19
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEYSergeant · May 16, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.