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THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1950 – July 2, 1969
Service recordThomas James Schneider, of Maple Heights, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Maple Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 48
- RALPH BERNARD ORTMANNCorporal · July 2, 1969
- JULIUS LEE PETERSONCorporal · July 2, 1969
- JAMES RONALD RAINWATERCorporal · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES RIZZOCorporal · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 45
- JOHN CHARLES MOSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 46
- ROBERT CHARLES RIZZOCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 48
- DONALD LEE TOVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 49
From Maple Heights
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- TERRY JOHN PERKOLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- CECIL BOYD WAGNER JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1970
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.