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GEORGE JOSEPH SCHULTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordGeorge Joseph Schultz, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 68
- ALBERT KAPLANPrivate · February 22, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS RILEYCaptain · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT B SELBYSergeant · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LEE ANDERTONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 57
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 59
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 59
- JAMES STEPHEN COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 60
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · Panel 40E, Line 64
- JAMES ANTHONY KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 64
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 65
- HERMAN MCGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 66
- JOE MELVIN NEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 66
- CORNELIUS PRESSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 67
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 67
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 69
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 71
From Pottsville
- LEONARD RICHARD DEMKOMajor · February 5, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES KISSINGERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- EDWARD LYNN DAUBERTLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- RICHARD DANIEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
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.