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JAMES IRWIN SCHLINGER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 14, 1937 – November 2, 1968
Service recordJames Irwin Schlinger, of New Bedford, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 8
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1937
- Home of record
- New Bedford, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 8
- MURIEL STANLEY GROOMESLance Corporal · November 2, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HUFSCHMIDMajor · November 2, 1968
- DARRELL STEVE LOVECorporal · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANTHONY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
- WILLIAM LEE SFERRUZZIPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 10
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.