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JOSEPH RICHARD SCHAFER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 29, 1949 – May 6, 1971
Service recordJoseph Richard Schafer, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 25
- FRANK WALTER BENGTSONFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1971
- ARCHIE DENNIS CARNELLMaster Sergeant · May 7, 1971
- DAVID PAUL MEYERWarrant Officer 1 · May 7, 1971
- JOHN EDWIN POESCHLSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIS BREWER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 24
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 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.