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ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1947 – March 5, 1967
Service recordRoy Anthony Schaefer JR, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 23
- ANTHONY MARIO ORLANDOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1967
- EDWARD GEAN RAYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · March 5, 1967
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
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.