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MARTIN SULLY SCHILLER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – January 14, 1970
Service recordMartin Sully Schiller JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 34
- GARY WILLIAM MORRISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 14, 1970
- HENRY LUSCIOUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT ALBERT BENAIMPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 33
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.