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LOREN MICHAEL SCHMITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1944 – May 12, 1967
Service recordLoren Michael Schmitz, of Springfield, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Springfield, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 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 19E, Line 100
- WILLIAM LEROY SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 99
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 100
- DENNIS ARTHUR TRIMBLESpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 102
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT VANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 102
From Springfield
- ALAN ARTHUR KETTNERSecond Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD KREBSSpecialist Four · January 29, 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.