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RICHARD CARL SCHMIDT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1943 – January 5, 1970
Service recordRichard Carl Schmidt, of Johnson City, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 1
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Johnson City, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 1
- LARRY WARREN ROBINSONMajor · January 5, 1970
- HERMAN PAUL SANCHEZCorporal · January 5, 1970
- ROBERT STEPHEN SOMBATIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- LARRY VILLANUEVAPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HOP SUNG HUSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 129
From Johnson City
- WILLIAM CHARLES BULMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN MAREKSpecialist Five · August 30, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP VANDUSENConstructionman · September 20, 1968
- THOMAS DRUMSpecialist Four · March 4, 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.