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WILLIAM LEROY SCHELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1949 – March 23, 1971
Service recordWilliam Leroy Schell, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 71
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Franklin, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 71
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 1971
- JEFFERY IGLESIAS QUINTANILLASergeant · March 23, 1971
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
- WARREN PAUL SEAWELCorporal · March 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE JAMES GARTHPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 70
From Franklin
- BERNARD FRANCIS KISTLERFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1966
- LARRY CLARENCE HAYLETTSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · May 21, 1969
- GEORGE W DANIELS JRPrivate · October 9, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD REEDStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
- EDWIN FREDERICK FISHERCorporal · April 17, 1971
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.