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RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 25, 1942 – July 14, 1966
Service recordRichard Glen Schroeder, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 14, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- 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 July 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DAVID LEE COX JRSpecialist Five · July 14, 1966
- MARSHALL FREDERICK KIPINAStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
From Lansing
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · April 3, 1969
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DONALD GENE DISSELKOENCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
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.