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JAY JULIUS SCHMID
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1943 – December 7, 1968
Service recordJay Julius Schmid, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 59
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 59
- FRED ALEXANDER RATLIFFSergeant · December 7, 1968
- LARRY GENE RATLIFFPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM RUBBOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JAMES BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 54
- FRANK PUGLIESECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 58
From Ridgewood
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- DAVID JAMES GUNSTERMajor · June 6, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
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.