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RICHARD MARTIN SCHNAKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – May 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Martin Schnake, of South Haven, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 99
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- South Haven, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 99
- CECIL FRANKLIN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
- JACKIE WAYNE TROGLENStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- STANLEY TURNERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY BESKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY DARDENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 93
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 95
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 95
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 97
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 98
- JOHN L ROSEMONDCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 98
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 100
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 100
From South Haven
- ROBERT STEPHAN MUELLERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- FRED ARTHUR NELSONLance Corporal · November 1, 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.