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JOHN GEORGE SCHMIDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – January 17, 1968
Service recordJohn George Schmidt, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 64
- JAMES HARVEY POST JRCorporal · January 17, 1968
- VIRGIL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- LARRY STEPHEN SEMENIUKCorporal · January 17, 1968
- WINFRIED ALBERT SHEETSSergeant · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WINFRIED ALBERT SHEETSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 64
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.