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ROBERT GEORGE HUFSCHMID
Major · U.S. Army
August 31, 1940 – November 2, 1968
Service recordRobert George Hufschmid, of Hewlett, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Hewlett, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 8
- MURIEL STANLEY GROOMESLance Corporal · November 2, 1968
- DARRELL STEVE LOVECorporal · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
- JAMES IRWIN SCHLINGERWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL STEVE LOVECorporal · Panel 39W, Line 8
From Hewlett
- HOWARD MARTIN GERSTELCaptain · October 4, 1967
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.