The Wall › Panel 7E › Pennsylvania › Joseph William Schuster
JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1942 – June 1, 1966
Service recordJoseph William Schuster, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 131
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 131
- CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGENSergeant · June 1, 1966
- GARY AMES MILLERLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- PETER FRYE SCHRAMMLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
From Altoona
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMBStaff Sergeant · January 13, 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.