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KARL ANDREW SCHOFER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – June 9, 1969
Service recordKarl Andrew Schofer, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 7
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 7
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · June 9, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER RAY REEDCorporal · June 9, 1969
- JESSE LEE RIDGEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK W JEALOUS-OF-HIMSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 2
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
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.