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GLENN MICHAEL SCHROEDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – October 21, 1969
Service recordGlenn Michael Schroeder, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 103
- MARTIN YALE NAMERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1969
- DALE FRANK OLMSTEADSergeant · October 21, 1969
- MONTE LYNN PAYNESpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 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.