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WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 11, 1945 – December 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Joseph Schneider, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 2
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BODZICKSpecialist Four · December 2, 1966
- JOHNNIE WAYNE CARDWELLPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
From Janesville
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY EVANS MEADLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.