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GERALD BERNARD SCHMIDT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1945 – March 20, 1966
Service recordGerald Bernard Schmidt, of Albers, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Albers, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 26
- CLIFFORD ABDUL MCKENNANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JERALD LEE PINNEKERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 20, 1966
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- HUBERT RAY SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
From Albers
- NORMAN GEORGE TOENNIESSpecialist Four · December 21, 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.