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JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERG
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1942 – January 9, 1966
Service recordJames Phillip Schimberg, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 60
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
- Airborne Sensor Specialist (26E)
- Born
- December 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 9, 1966
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 60
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1966
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- HERBERT RAY ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
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.