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JOHN STEPHEN SCHMID
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1939 – December 28, 1965
Service recordJohn Stephen Schmid, of Salem, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 44
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Salem, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 44
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- THOMAS FARRELL ELDRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1965
From Salem
- DANIEL GARRY PATRICKPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
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.