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RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDT
Major · U.S. Army
March 1, 1931 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRichard Herman Schmidt, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 76
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BOBBY DALE SWINDELLSergeant · May 17, 1966
- JOHN WALTER TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 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.