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WILLIAM JAMES SCHMIDT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1951 – August 12, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Schmidt, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1951
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOSEPH GREGORY SANDSLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- LEE ROY SHAWSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.