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RICHARD SIMPSON SCHOTT
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 24, 1929 – April 7, 1972
Service recordRichard Simpson Schott, of St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 132
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 24, 1929
- Home of record
- St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1972
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1972; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 132
- WILLIAM ROY PEARSONSergeant · April 6, 1972
- HOWARD BURDETTE LULL JRMaster Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- RICHARD DWAYNE MILTONTechnical Sergeant · April 7, 1972
- LARRY FLETCHER POTTSCaptain · April 7, 1972
- ROBERT ALAN STERNWarrant Officer 1 · April 7, 1972
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD BURDETTE LULL JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 132
From St Croix
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1966
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · June 24, 1968
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1971
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.