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MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – July 3, 1968
Service recordMelvin John Scheuble, of Montrose, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 5
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Montrose, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 5
- DONALD WAYNE OLSEN JRCorporal · July 3, 1968
- DANIEL CARL SCHUSTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1968
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 40
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · Panel 53W, Line 3
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
- RONALD KEITH WEISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
From Montrose
- GARRYL DAVID CARDINALPrivate First Class · November 9, 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.