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JAMES KENNETH SCHMOLL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 25, 1949 – February 20, 1971
Service recordJames Kenneth Schmoll, of Shiocton, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 126
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Shiocton, Wisconsin (Outagamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 126
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · February 20, 1971
- CARL NACCA JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JOHN VERNON RAUENWarrant Officer 1 · February 20, 1971
- JON ERIC REIDChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS MARTINEZ DELGADOCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DANIEL JOHN HOHMANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 124
- CHARLES E BOVINETTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 127
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.