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JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – April 11, 1971
Service recordJoseph A Schoolmeesters, of Litchfield, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 119
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Litchfield, Minnesota (Meeker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 119
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- PIUS LEO MILLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- KENNETH EDWARD MIMSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · April 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 117
- JACK PERRY BEGLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JEAN PIERRE HUMBERTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 118
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 119
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 119
- JOE REYES SILVACorporal · Panel 4W, Line 120
- DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
- RICHARD MICHAEL WARRENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 120
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.