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MICHAEL E SCHAFERNOCKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1949 – April 28, 1969
Service recordMichael E Schafernocker, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 28, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 74
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Born
- February 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 74
- RUFUS SIRMANSSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- COURTNEY A SKINNERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY STOUT IIISpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 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.