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HERBERT ELLIS SCHMIDT
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 15, 1944 – May 24, 1968
Service recordHerbert Ellis Schmidt, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 24, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 2
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- RONALD JAMES SHEWMANLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL ARTHUR SMOGERFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.