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THOMAS ANTHONY SCHROEFFEL
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 2, 1942 – February 18, 1966
Service recordThomas Anthony Schroeffel, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 18, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Naval Flight Officer (1320)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 85 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- July 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 85 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5E, Line 49
- SHEPPARD ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS RUFFINLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1966
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- ALBERT MERRIMAN SMITHCaptain · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VAUGHN MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 5E, Line 48
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.