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RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1949 – March 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Leroy Schmidt, of Ft Collins, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Collins, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 49
- WAYNE WILLIAM PEARCESergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- FRANK SCHUSTERCorporal · March 27, 1968
From Ft Collins
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 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.