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LYLE WILLIAM SCHROEDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1942 – January 26, 1969
Service recordLyle William Schroeder, of St James, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1942
- Home of record
- St James, Minnesota (Watonwan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 88
- CHARLES LEE PEDDYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- DAVID CLYDE RUSHSergeant · January 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SCHICKELLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- DANIEL EVERETT SINGLETONMajor · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY AGUIRREPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 81
- LAWRENCE LEE KEISTERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 85
From St James
- LLOYD E KNAKECorporal · January 7, 1968
- HERBERT D STARKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1972
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.