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JOHN MILLARD SCHNEIDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – May 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Millard Schneider, of Tarpon Springs, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Tarpon Springs, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 32
- GARRETT TIMOTHY OCONNORPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- LEO FRANKLIN RUPERTSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- RALPH SANCHEZ JRPrivate · May 9, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHEPARDCaptain · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH NICK DAMBRASpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 18
- LARRY LEE TOLLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 34
From Tarpon Springs
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD HUBERT HIGGINSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD DEAN COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM ALFRED HADSOCKPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS PAUL NEALMajor · July 31, 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.