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ROBERT DEAN SCHNEIDER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 25, 1951 – November 29, 1970
Service recordRobert Dean Schneider, of Hudson, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 95
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Hudson, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 95
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · November 29, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH POLNIAKCaptain · November 29, 1970
- BOBBY DAREL SEAYSenior Master Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- DONALD ANTHONY SLATESpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RAPHAEL GREENHOUSESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 91
From Hudson
- HUBERT ELTON GORDONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- MAURO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 16, 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.