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MICHAEL WAYNE SCHUMACHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – February 11, 1969
Service recordMichael Wayne Schumacher, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 16
- ROBERT LEE RAMSEY JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- GARY ROBERT REEDCaptain · February 11, 1969
- GARY EDWARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- LINUS ROBERT ROECorporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONALD MULLERCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 15
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 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.