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LEE RICHARD SCHAAF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordLee Richard Schaaf, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 37
- JERRY BRYANTSergeant · September 5, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- LOUIS SCOTT DIBARISpecialist Five · September 5, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD GEIGERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
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.