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VICTOR RAY SCHEELER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1943 – March 4, 1969
Service recordVictor Ray Scheeler, of Piqua, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Piqua, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 39
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- RONALD PATRICK RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- FRANK SHARTZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROY SLEDGELance Corporal · March 4, 1969
From Piqua
- WILLIAM HART PITSENBARGERAirman First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD KEITH STANEARTPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
- RENDLE DULENPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES THEODORE RUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT DURHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1969
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- HARRY ANDREW COTTERMANSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
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.