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JAMES EDWARD SCHUNEMANN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – March 20, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Schunemann, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1970, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 26
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 26
- RONALD FRED LEONARDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- RUDOLPH DANIEL LOVATOSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BUTLERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 12W, Line 24
- ROBERT GORDON COZART JRMajor · Panel 12W, Line 24
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 1967
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.