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SCOTT EDWARD SCHNEIDER
Captain · U.S. Army
May 27, 1945 – August 17, 1970
Service recordScott Edward Schneider, of Renton, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 120
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist (51198)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 120
- DAVID LEROY RAMSAYCaptain · August 17, 1970
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- CHARLIE WILLIAM TAYLORLance Corporal · August 17, 1970
- PHILLIP ROGERSON WELLONSMajor · August 17, 1970
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 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.