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JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1944 – June 4, 1966
Service recordJack Arthur Schneider, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 8
- GEORGE PENDLETON JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- CLIFFORD LEROY ROBINSONSergeant First Class · June 4, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JOHN DARRELL SMITHLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
From Elmhurst
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
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.