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THOMAS CHARLES SCHIESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1950 – October 10, 1970
Service recordThomas Charles Schiess, of Edgewater, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Edgewater, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 123
- RAYMOND GREGORY MOORESergeant · October 9, 1969
- DON JENKINSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1970
- DANIEL STEPHEN LAZARLance Corporal · October 10, 1970
- HARRY JAMES LUMPKINPrivate · October 10, 1970
From Edgewater
- TIMOTHY DALYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- EUGENE GEORGE OCONNELLSergeant · May 25, 1968
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.