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JOHN EDWARD SCHON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 15, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordJohn Edward Schon, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 124
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 124
- ALAN JAMES RUDDELLSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SALERNOLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- PAUL DARRELL SKELTON IISpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- WILLIE B SKRINE JRCorporal · May 26, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.