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LEO JOE SCHROLLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – April 6, 1969
Service recordLeo Joe Schroller JR, of Kenedy, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Kenedy, Texas (Karnes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 27
- JOHN WILLIE BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
- GLENN WILLIAM THOMASLance Corporal · April 6, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WARNERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- DAVID ROGER WIGGINSSergeant · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 23
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 24
- THOMAS STEVEN DELUCA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 24
- ANGELO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 24
- LAWRENCE ARCHIE HILKINPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 25
- MELVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 25
From Kenedy
- KENNETH LEE REMMERSCorporal · July 12, 1965
- SILBANO MORINPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- SAMMIE DON HOFFMajor · July 23, 1966
- GEORGE SOLIZSergeant · July 19, 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.