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JOHN LEONARD SCHMECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1946 – December 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Leonard Schmecker, of Shelton, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 73
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- VICTOR TARASUKLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RALPH WESLEY VALTLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- LUIS F ALVAREZ-DELGADOPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LYNN GOODENPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 71
- JAMES SHELTON HOLLISPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- GEORGE WALLACE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
- RENOLD WILLIAM PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 72
From Shelton
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEEHYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- ROBERT A ELIASergeant · February 13, 1968
- JAMES GORDON SMITHLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- GERALD HENRY FORGUESergeant · October 30, 1968
- CARL EDWARD PACKARD JRPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.