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HARRY ROBERT SCHETTLER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 10, 1949 – September 16, 1970
Service recordHarry Robert Schettler, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 68
- ALTON DOYLE BYRDSergeant First Class · September 16, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK KEENEYPrivate · September 16, 1970
- DONALD LEE PERCYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1970
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.