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JOHN JOSEPH SCHMIDT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1950 – August 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph Schmidt, of Pocahontas, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Pocahontas, Arkansas (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 115
- GERALD JOHN ROSSOWLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY RYANLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- STEVEN ROY SANDERSMajor · August 25, 1969
- DENNIS CLAUDE SHARPEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
From Pocahontas
- LONNIE JOE CRISMONHospitalman · March 9, 1968
- EARL R MICHLESCaptain · June 13, 1968
- CHARLES HUBERT PEARCE JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.