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STEVEN GEORGE SCHIMMEL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – June 3, 1969
Service recordSteven George Schimmel, of Terre Haute, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 58
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Terre Haute, Indiana (Vigo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 58
- DOUGLAS DUANE RUEHLELance Corporal · June 3, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- MITCHELL HARVEY SANDMANCorporal · June 3, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGORY SCHERFSergeant · June 3, 1969
From Terre Haute
- EUGENE RUSSELL FOWLERCaptain · April 27, 1965
- PAUL LOUIS LEMAYSergeant · October 18, 1965
- HERMAN RICHARD MENEELYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT RAY MYLESStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SIMSStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1966
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 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.