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RICHARD C SCHOENBERG
Captain · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – November 21, 1970
Service recordRichard C Schoenberg, of Palmyra, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 76
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Palmyra, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 76
- JIMMY RAY CALLISONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- JOHN ROCCO MUCCICorporal · November 21, 1970
- TOMMY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- JEFFREY ALAN COFFINWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 75
From Palmyra
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD HUBBSCommander · March 17, 1968
- WALTER JOHN CHRUPCALAPetty Officer Third Class · April 15, 1968
- THOMAS MARTIN HOFFMANNLance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · March 10, 1971
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.