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WILLIAM DAVID SCHMITZ
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 7, 1945 – December 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam David Schmitz, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 81
- THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS RIDDLECorporal · December 27, 1967
- MARK VEDDER SCHMIDTWarrant Officer 1 · December 27, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.