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MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1946 – March 23, 1967
Service recordMichael Douglas Schultz, of Sanborn, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 32
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 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Sanborn, Iowa (O'brien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 32
- ELIJAH HENRY SMITHSergeant · March 23, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- THOMAS DUANE UTTERSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MELBOURNE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 28
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 30
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 31
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.