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LAWRENCE EDWARD SCHMIDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – November 4, 1969
Service recordLawrence Edward Schmidt, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 31
- RICK EGGBURTUS MEDARISStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
- JOHN ALLEN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
- MARION LEE ROACHStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
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.