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HENRY GERARD SCHULTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – February 1, 1969
Service recordHenry Gerard Schulte, of New Paltz, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New Paltz, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 35
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD WARDSpecialist Five · February 1, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WOODWORTHCorporal · February 1, 1969
- JIMMY EDD ABERNATHYSpecialist Five · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE EBYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 31
- RUSSELL HAROLD ELLISCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 31
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 34
- MELVILLE BRICE ROSE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 34
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.