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JAMES CHESTER SCHULTZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJames Chester Schultz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 42
- LESTER EARL ROPETERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES DAN SIMMONSLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- EDGAR ARMSTRONG SMITHCorporal · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROSS THOMAS HULSLANDERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 37
- ELIAS JOHNSON PAULKStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 41
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.