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LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordLarry Roman Schmidt, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOSEPH GREGORY SANDSLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 16
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 19
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 21
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 25
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 26
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
From Oconomowoc
- WALTER ALEX CHATOS JRSpecialist Five · April 16, 1967
- CURTIS LLEWELLYN TREMAINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- TERRY JOE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN LUTZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
- LLOYD GEORGE HOWIELieutenant (junior grade) · May 15, 1970
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.