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JOSEPH SCHMIDT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – September 7, 1968
Service recordJoseph Schmidt, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 61
- GEORGE ROBERT DORCHAKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1968
- JAMES ELLIS FAROPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- GRANT A RHODESSergeant · January 4, 1966
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 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.