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JEROME JOSEPH SCHLICHT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1943 – January 30, 1969
Service recordJerome Joseph Schlicht, of Melrose, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ch-46 Pilot (I) (7561)
- Born
- June 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Melrose, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 22
- REMI HENDRICUS GREEFFCaptain · January 30, 1969
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- L C SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- CHARLES JOSEPH STOHLMEYERCorporal · January 30, 1969
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.