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HOWARD JON SCHNABOLK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1943 – August 3, 1967
Service recordHoward Jon Schnabolk, of Sea Bright, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- August 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Sea Bright, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “498 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- TROY MURL PUCKETTSpecialist Four · August 3, 1967
- WENDELL WARREN STEWARTPetty Officer Second Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN NORMAN WICKLIFFESergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
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.