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RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1942 – July 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Kenneth Schumacher, of Wauconda, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- October 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Wauconda, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 95
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- ALLAN JULIUS STEARNSMajor · July 20, 1967
From Wauconda
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUICKStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1970
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.