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WAYNE KEITH SCHALTENBRAND
Captain · U.S. Army
August 22, 1945 – May 14, 1969
Service recordWayne Keith Schaltenbrand, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 12
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 12
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- JAMES BRYAN SMITHLance Corporal · May 14, 1969
- R J SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- WINSTON OSBORNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVIS CARROLL BUTCHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 2
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.