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PAUL EDWARD SCHMIDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1943 – December 11, 1968
Service recordPaul Edward Schmidt, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 3
- GERALD CURTIS HOAGELance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- JAKE EDWARD HURSTSergeant · December 11, 1968
- ROBERT EDGAR LACKEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS LANGLERSpecialist Five · December 11, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.