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JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – August 22, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Schlottman, of Carmichael, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 32
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- CICERO WHITFIELD JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- GERALD FORD CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 27
- RICHARD JOHN BALTHAZORCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 27
- LEONARD RICHARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 29
- MAURICE J NILEPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 31
From Carmichael
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.