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WILLIAM WESLEY SCHOTH II
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordWilliam Wesley Schoth II, of Mission, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 52
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Mission, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 52
- WILLIAM JAMES ROGERS IVLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- CARLOS WILSON RUCKERSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SELLITTOLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE EARL HOLLEMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- FRANCIS J R KINGCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 48
From Mission
- JACK WARREN PHILLIPSCaptain · October 14, 1967
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- DARELD NORVAL BORDERSSergeant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · March 21, 1970
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.