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WILLIAM HAYS SCHAEFER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1949 – November 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Hays Schaefer, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 56
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 56
- HENRY LEWIS NIXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- RUSSELL KEVIN OGDENSpecialist Four · November 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.