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GUNTER WILFRIED SCHEU
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1939 – July 27, 1971
Service recordGunter Wilfried Scheu, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 7, 1939
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 116
- ROBERT EUGENE SCHULZESeaman · July 27, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
- KEN HARRIS TAKETASergeant · July 27, 1971
- CHARLES CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL HAROLD GEISSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 115
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.