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SCOTT LAWRENCE SCHMIDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – December 3, 1970
Service recordScott Lawrence Schmidt, of Lakewood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 105
- ROBERT LEE KINGCorporal · December 3, 1970
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · December 3, 1970
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1970
- RICHARD L BLASKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DOYLE WALKERSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 105
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
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.