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JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1945 – May 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Ellwood Scheetz, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 18
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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
- January 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 18
- JOSEPH DAVID PRINCE JRSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- DON ALLAN REDFEARNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ARTHUR REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ANDREW JONAH SHORT IIISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH DAVID PRINCE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 18
- TERENCE EDWARD SIMONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.