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JOHN ROBERT SCHUMANN
Major · U.S. Army
February 2, 1932 – June 16, 1965
Service recordJohn Robert Schumann, of Cokato, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 16, 1965, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 11
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Cokato, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 16, 1965
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1965; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 11
- JACKIE WILLARD SANFORDMajor · June 16, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
From Cokato
- DARREL BRUCE HELMKEPrivate First Class · April 12, 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.