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JACK ERVIN SCHOBER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1941 – August 29, 1969
Service recordJack Ervin Schober, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 9
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmo/Ov-10 (I) (7576)
- Born
- May 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 9
- GERALD ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- GARY WAYNE WITHERSCorporal · August 29, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN ZIMMERCaptain · August 29, 1969
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.