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RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDT
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1946 – April 5, 1967
Service recordRonald Russell Schnaidt, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 5, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 107
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 107
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES LOWELL SALTERCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH PIERCE WILLIAMSLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
From Aberdeen
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
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.