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RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1944 – May 13, 1966
Service recordRichard Albert Schmitz, of Lynwood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 57
- LAWRENCE NATHANIEL EDMONDSSpecialist Five · May 13, 1966
- DAVID ASHBY FARROWMajor · May 13, 1966
- RONALD JOHN MOOREHEADSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- ALBERT DEANPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE NATHANIEL EDMONDSSpecialist Five · Panel 7E, Line 57
- RONALD JOHN MOOREHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 57
From Lynwood
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 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.