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STEPHEN LAWREN SCHUMACHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1946 – February 14, 1969
Service recordStephen Lawren Schumacher, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 34
- MARK FREDERICK POWERSLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- SALVADOR ORTENCIO RICARDOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- BILLY DALE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 31
- JOHN MARSHALL HOLLOWAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 32W, Line 32
- JUAN RODRIGUEZ PEQUENOCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 33
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.