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JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – May 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Schertz, of Princeton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Princeton, Illinois (Bureau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 26
- JAMES SIDNEY RYLEESpecialist Five · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- SAMUEL DAVID SMITHSergeant · May 11, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 18
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 23
- GEORGE GERALD KOKOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
From Princeton
- DALE WILLIAM MOORESpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · May 17, 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.