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ROBERT GUSTAVE SCHMIDT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1950 – May 28, 1969
Service recordRobert Gustave Schmidt, of Levittown, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 11
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE RHODESLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- FORREST LLOYD SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1969
- CLARENCE TAYLORCorporal · May 28, 1969
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 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.