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WILLIAM D SCHADDELEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1943 – February 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam D Schaddelee, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 106
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 106
- LEONARD ROBINSON JRSergeant · February 1, 1967
- CARL ERIC RUSSELLLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- GORDON WARREN RUSSELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- JOHN HENRY WELCH IIISecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 103
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 103
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.