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WILLIAM ARTHUR SCHULZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1947 – October 15, 1967
Service recordWilliam Arthur Schulz, of Red Bank, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 15, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Red Bank, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 11
- CHARLES LYNN BANEYSergeant · October 15, 1967
- FRANK APPERSON PRICE IIISergeant · October 15, 1967
- PHILLIP EUGENE REEDSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
From Red Bank
- JOHN WILLIAM DOHERTYSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
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.