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JAMES RONALD SCHULTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – September 20, 1968
Service recordJames Ronald Schultz, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 49
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 49
- WILLIAM RAYMOND KAUSECorporal · September 20, 1968
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- MIGUEL ROSARIO-CRUZ JRSergeant · September 20, 1968
- ROGER HARRY SCHOENERSeaman · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 44
- WILLIAM RALPH MORLEDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 48
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.