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TERRANCE H SCHNEIDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1945 – October 4, 1967
Service recordTerrance H Schneider, of Montrose, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 50
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Montrose, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 50
- JOHN ALEXANDER NORRIS IIISecond Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- DUANE ANDREW NOVOBIELSKIPrivate First Class · October 4, 1967
- DAVID B OWENSergeant First Class · October 4, 1967
- CHARLIE F SAULERSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 47
- HOWARD MARTIN GERSTELCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 48
- CHARLIE F SAULERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 50
- DONALD GEORGE SCHRENKSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 51
- CRAIG ALDEN VERLINDENSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 51
From Montrose
- LARRY ALLEN RICESpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- CRAWFORD HENRY TRAVERSergeant · March 29, 1971
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.