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RENNY DEAN SCHOEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordRenny Dean Schoel, of Marysville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 65
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE RUSS JRCorporal · December 26, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL VUGASergeant · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- LARRY LEE ORCUTTSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 64
From Marysville
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.