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PHILLIP NICHOLAS SCHMITZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1946 – May 10, 1970
Service recordPhillip Nicholas Schmitz, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 237 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 23, 1946
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “237 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 15
- ANDREW C MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 10, 1970
- ESTILL R MCINTOSHSergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- RONALD OWEN SMILEYFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN COVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 11
- ALFRED JAMES GAIDISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 11
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 12
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMELSpecialist Four · July 14, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
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.