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PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordPaul Henry Schaeffer, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 93
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Coraopolis, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 93
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ISRAEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- ALAN MICHAEL ROUCHONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 88
From Coraopolis
- JOSEPH DALE RIGGLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- LOUIS EMIDIO BRIZZOLIPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · October 8, 1967
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1968
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · May 2, 1970
- CRAIG MARATTAPrivate · October 7, 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.