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JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1941 – October 24, 1967
Service recordJoel Luther Schubert, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1941
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 62
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · October 24, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- HAROLD JAMES SOTZENLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- GARY WAYNE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 60
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 62
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 62
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.