James Drew Schmidt
Name: James Drew Schmidt
Rank/Grade: SGT - E5 - Army - Regular
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: Jun 17, 1949
From: Mt Vernon, Washington
Length of Service: {Service}
Tour Began: Sep 20, 1969
Casualty Date: July 17, 1970
Location: QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile/Non-Hostile: Hostile, died of wounds
Classification: HELICOPTER - CREW AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body Recovered: Yes
Religion: Protestant
Vietnam Memorial: Panel 08W - - Line 25
I just want to pay my respects to Jim Schmidt, its been 33 years now. He was a brave young soldier and died way to early in life. V/R Stu Froehling
I now live in Stanwood,WA If any of his family still live in the area and would like to contact me feel free. He was a great guy!
I now live in Stanwood,WA If any of his family still live in the area and would like to contact me feel free. He was a great guy!
Thank you Mr. Lively for visiting with me about Vietnam and Jimmy.
If anyone could email me explaining how he lost his life, I would appreciate it. Thank you. He and the others that served were good men.
I took over rattler 383 from Jim and he taught me alot on how to be a crewchief