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THOMAS HARVEY SCHOFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordThomas Harvey Schofield, of Layton, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 94 ARTY I FF
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Layton, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 17
- LARRY CHARLES SCHWEBKESpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- EDWARD SPENCER SMITHPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SMITHCorporal · May 2, 1968
From Layton
- JOHN COOLEY ELLISONCaptain · March 24, 1967
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE ECKMANCorporal · July 10, 1968
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · October 10, 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.