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STANLEY A SCHROEDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordStanley A Schroeder, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 18
- HENRY JACKSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- LON BARRY EWINGPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN MARCUS FREDRICKSENSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 10
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 18
- WILLIAM BERNARD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 19
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.