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JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1949 – June 29, 1970
Service recordJames Aloysius Schachtner, of Somerset, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Somerset, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 102
- WILLIAM LEON HUDNALLPrivate First Class · June 29, 1970
- LEROY BERNARD MUDDSeaman · June 29, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
- MARVIN EARL BELLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT POST HAMPTON JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 101
- BRUCE WILLIAM HESKETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 101
From Somerset
- ROBERT LOUIS CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JON EDWARD REEDSergeant · September 6, 1970
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.