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ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIG
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 2, 1951 – July 3, 1971
Service recordRobert Scott Schettig, of Spring Valley, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 99
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot, Oh-6 (100F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, New York (Rockland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 99
- GARY PRESTON TOMLINSONFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1971
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
- MANOLO BRIONES AGNESPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1971
- VICTOR WALTER LEWFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 97
- TERRY JACK MARTELLCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 98
- GARY PRESTON TOMLINSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 99
From Spring Valley
- HAROLD JAMES KAUFMANCaptain · November 20, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WITZELCorporal · July 23, 1968
- FRANK JACARUSOSeaman · March 12, 1970
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
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.