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LARRY SCHOONMAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1945 – September 1, 1970
Service recordLarry Schoonmaker, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 32
- DALE ALLEN PENNINGTONLance Corporal · September 1, 1970
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SEELEYSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
- BRUCE WILLIAM WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 30
- WILLIAM RUSSELL KERSEY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 31
- DAVID ROGER NOLLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 31
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.