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JOHN KENNETH SCHMITT JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – August 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Kenneth Schmitt JR, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 49
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 49
- DONALD LEE STONESIFERPrivate · August 11, 1968
- CHARLES E TEAGUELieutenant Colonel · August 11, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 11, 1968
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
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.