The Wall › Panel 41W › California › Steven Owen Schneller
STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1949 – October 7, 1968
Service recordSteven Owen Schneller, of Marysville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 26
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 26
- DANIEL LEE QUIMBYLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- WALTER GARLAND RICE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- CHESTER JOSEPH SCHULTZCorporal · October 7, 1968
- CARREY EUGENE SCROGGINSPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
From Marysville
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1970
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.