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WAYNE THOMAS SCHUMACHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1945 – June 19, 1967
Service recordWayne Thomas Schumacher, of Buffalo, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Buffalo, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 19
- DAVID FRANKLIN HENRYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH SANDSTEDTSergeant · June 19, 1967
- SHELDON BORIS SCHULMANFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM NORMAN SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND D CROWDER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- EDWARD LEE FAILS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- BLAINE WILSON LANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- BOBBY LOUIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- WILLIAM NORMAN SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 19
- LEONARD VITO TEDESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 21
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.