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HONORED ON PANEL 32W, LINE 29 OF THE WALL

DONALD BENJAMIN SCHROEDER

WALL NAME

DONALD B SCHROEDER

PANEL / LINE

32W/29

DATE OF BIRTH

10/05/1928

CASUALTY PROVINCE

47

DATE OF CASUALTY

02/13/1969

HOME OF RECORD

CLEARMONT

COUNTY OF RECORD

Sheridan County

STATE

WY

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

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POSTED ON 1.24.2025
POSTED BY: Niko

Your legacy lives on, always

I was watching a history video on YouTube, and in that was a picture of you, in battle. Someone in the comments realized it was you, said you were his old commanding officer and you were KIA in 69. Which led me here. It is oh so sad, and oh so important, to not have known you, seen you in a photo in battle, heard someone speak directly of you, and now I know your face and your name. You will live on. Everything you fought for will live on. You have not been forgotten.
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POSTED ON 11.4.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you.....

Some may think you are forgotten
Though on earth you are no more
But in our memory you are with us
As you always were before….
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POSTED ON 8.4.2022

Final Mission of LTC Donald B. Schroeder

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LTC Donald B. Schroeder was the commander of 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. On February 13, 1969, Schroeder was in his Command & Control helicopter directing the insertion of one of his companies in the marshy western section of Dinh Tuong Province, RVN, when he spotted two unarmed suspects in the open near the hamlet of Ap My Long (1), eight miles north of Vinh Long. He ordered his helicopter to land, and he and his assistant operations officer, a captain, moved out to capture them. They were fired on by another group of Viet Cong (VC) and both officers were hit. Schroeder sustained a wound in the left side of the back and the captain took two rounds in the legs and another in the hand. Both men were flown to the U.S. military hospital in Vinh Long. Schroeder was dead on arrival; the captain survived. Helicopter gunships reacting to the report spotted four VC with weapons in the same area and attacked, killing all four. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “LTC Schroeder dies in action.” The Old Reliable (9th Infantry Division publication), February 26, 1969]
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POSTED ON 12.31.2021
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear LTC Donald Schroeder, Thank you for your service as an Infantry Unit Commander. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 1.5.2021
POSTED BY: Carl R. Wirth, M.D. Battalion Surgeon 2nd/39th 9th Inf. Div.

LTC Donald Schroeder

Great 36! Trusted him. Would follow him anywhere. Always had your back. Could learn well. For example, had his first ever gin drink when I got there.
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