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THOMAS HERSCHAL SCHNEIDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1949 – November 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Herschal Schneider, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 52
- MICHAEL JAMES RAMBURHospitalman · November 24, 1968
- JACK JOHNSTONE SANDERSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK SELGRADEPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE EVERETT SIROISCorporal · November 24, 1968
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
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.