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JAMES DREW SCHMIDT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – July 17, 1970
Service recordJames Drew Schmidt, of Mt Vernon, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Washington (Skagit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 25
- DONALD GEROLD MARCHPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- LLOYD ARTHUR MCGREWMajor · July 17, 1970
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
- PAUL LOUIS SALERNOPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER PAUL AULETTIPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 24
- LOUIS LLOYD ZITTERGRUENPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 26
From Mt Vernon
- EDWARD LEROY BROCKSergeant · December 21, 1966
- EDWARD JAMES JACOBS JRCommander · August 25, 1967
- STEPHEN BROOKS MURDENFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD LINNELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 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.