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KENNETH EUGENE SCHNEIDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – February 11, 1968
Service recordKenneth Eugene Schneider, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 80
- RALPH HENRY REIDSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD SATCHELLPrivate · February 11, 1968
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 79
- IRVING CLARENCE PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 79
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.