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JOHN FERDINAND SCHAFFER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – November 7, 1968
Service recordJohn Ferdinand Schaffer, of Altus, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Altus, Arkansas (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 34
- PAUL EDWARD MALESZEWSKISpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MEINECKEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT SPRINGERPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MEINECKEPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 34
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.