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RAY ARTHUR SCHOLD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1944 – September 3, 1967
Service recordRay Arthur Schold, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 94
- JAMES THOMPSONCorporal · September 3, 1967
- GAIL FRANCIS WILSONLieutenant Colonel · September 3, 1967
- ALFRED FREDERICK ALVARADOSergeant · September 4, 1967
- THEODORE E ANDREYKA JRLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 91
- DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 91
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25E, Line 93
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- GEORGE D NOVAKOVICSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.