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ROBERT HARRY SCHULER JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 14, 1935 – October 15, 1965
Service recordRobert Harry Schuler JR, of Wellsburg, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 15, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 36 TFS 6441 TFW
- Born
- December 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Wellsburg, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 15, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 124
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- JUAN BENITEZPrivate First Class · October 17, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT CHEMISGunnery Sergeant · October 17, 1965
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.