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RONALD LEE SCHUYLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Schuyler, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 67
- ROBERT M PRESS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- WARREN HENRY RAINESPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- BILL EDWARD RAMSEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- ANGEL A RIVERA-VELAZQUEZPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER AUDREY AMESSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 61
- THOMAS MARTIN BEHRENSSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 61
From Hermosa Beach
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 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.