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STEVEN THOMAS SCHOOLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1949 – November 13, 1969
Service recordSteven Thomas Schooler, of East Wenatchee, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 16, 1949
- Home of record
- East Wenatchee, Washington (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 71
- RONALD EARL RAYStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- STEVEN G SKELLYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
- RANDOLPH BOTHWELL SUBERSergeant First Class · November 13, 1969
- WILLIE GEORGE TURNERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL WANDLING PLAMBECK JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 70
From East Wenatchee
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
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.