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STEVEN WARREN SCHMIDT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – January 10, 1968
Service recordSteven Warren Schmidt, of Anaheim, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 25
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORDPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRANKLIN HARRISON RAUBCorporal · January 10, 1968
- BILLY G RIGGINSStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY G RIGGINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 25
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.