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KENNETH WAYNE SCHMIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1941 – November 3, 1965
Service recordKenneth Wayne Schmidt, of Cairo, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Cairo, Nebraska (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 16
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · November 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 14
- MARK GORDON HINKLEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 14
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.