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TERRY LEE SCHAUB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordTerry Lee Schaub, of Haydenville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Haydenville, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; seven of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 33
- FRANCIS SAN NICOLAS TORRESergeant · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT EMMETT TYNERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 17
- JOSEPH S SOBCZAK IISergeant · Panel 40E, Line 22
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 23
- TIMOTHY JOHN KAPOUNCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 23
- ERNEST MAHONEYCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 25
- HERMAN MCKINNIECorporal · Panel 40E, Line 26
- JAMES DOUGLAS PENTLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 28
- JOHN TARRY ROBERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 29
- RICHARD ALLAN SHARPEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 31
- ALFRED VALDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 33
- ARCHIE VAUGHN WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 34
From Haydenville
- ROBERT WESLEY LONGPrivate · June 9, 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.