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JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – January 9, 1967
Service recordJohn Andrew Schollard, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 3
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 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 14E, Line 3
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · January 9, 1967
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAYMOND ARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 129
- TOM FLANAGANSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 130
- NATHAN EUGENE CHATMONSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- CARLYLE LEROY GOULDSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 131
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 2
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 3
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 3
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 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.