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LARRY DEAN SCHUMACHER
Airman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
July 27, 1954 – December 19, 1972
Service recordLarry Dean Schumacher, of Irving, Texas, served as an Airman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 19, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman Apprentice (AA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 27, 1954
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1972
- Age
- 18
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 96
- ROBERT MELVIN DOWPetty Officer First Class · December 19, 1972
- FRANCIS XAVIER EGANCaptain · December 19, 1972
- CHARLIE SHERMAN POOLEChief Master Sergeant · December 19, 1972
- ARTHUR VINCENT MCLAUGHLIN JRChief Master Sergeant · December 20, 1972
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 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.