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SCOTT DOUGLAS SCHOEBEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordScott Douglas Schoeben, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 67
- MANUEL A RIVERA-DELVALLESergeant · April 12, 1969
- SYLVESTER VICTOR SEKNELance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- ROBERT T SMITHSergeant · April 12, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DELYNN CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 62
- MICHAEL BRODERICK WIERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 69
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.