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WILLIAM LEE SCHULTZ
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 19, 1937 – October 8, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lee Schultz, of Chanute, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Chanute, Kansas (Neosho County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 63
- ROSEVELT SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- HALLEY DON WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ARTURO BARRIGALance Corporal · October 9, 1966
From Chanute
- JOHNNY ROBERT WEBBPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- GARY KELVIN STANFIELDSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
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.