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RICHARD JOHN SCHELL
Major · U.S. Army
July 24, 1944 – August 24, 1967
Service recordRichard John Schell, of Minneiska, Minnesota, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 24, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 40
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Minneiska, Minnesota (Wabasha County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 24, 1967
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 40
- FRANK EDWARD PETRICKLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE RODKEYCorporal · August 24, 1967
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- MANUEL GUTIERREZ YBARRAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 36
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · Panel 25E, Line 38
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.