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JEFFREY ALAN SCHONFIELD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – August 10, 1969
Service recordJeffrey Alan Schonfield, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 122
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 122
- WILLIAM RONALD DICKEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- DONALD LYLE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- STEPHEN GLOWELance Corporal · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELDSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 123
- LARRY DALE MCGHEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 125
- CARL ALFRED PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 125
- PAUL GEORGE PLACZEKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 125
- JOHN STEVEN SERATTECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 127
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.