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MICHAEL SCHMIDT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1943 – October 29, 1971
Service recordMichael Schmidt, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 18, 1943
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 95
- RAUL LOSOYASergeant · January 6, 1972
- STANLEY CHARLES PERRIGOPrivate First Class · January 6, 1972
- DAN ARTHUR BOLSTERAirman First Class · January 7, 1972
- STEPHAN ANDREW DAVISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1972
- ROGER JOHN KOJETINSpecialist Four · January 10, 1972
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
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.