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WILFRED F SCHMIDT JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 1, 1945 – April 13, 1969
Service recordWilfred F Schmidt JR, of Silvis, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 78
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Silvis, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 78
- JOHN HALE JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMELZLESpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER LEIGH SENESEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
- NELSON OMAR VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KEITH DOBSON ALLEN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 27W, Line 70
- RICARDO IBRAHIN ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 73
From Silvis
- DENNIS ALLEN KELLUMSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
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.