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WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – October 28, 1967
Service recordWillis Junior Schubert, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 94
- JOHN GREGG TINKERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- ALVIN PHILLIP TRONNESSergeant First Class · October 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN WAGNER JRLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- ROBERT LEE AGARCorporal · October 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DALE CARRELLSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- WILLIAM DAVID MIZESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 92
- ALVIN PIERIE RIVEREPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 93
From East Stroudsburg
- DONALD ERNEST FISCHERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
- ROBERT CARL GOTTIERSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.