Name: 1LT Phillip Nicholas Schmitz
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/10/1970 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 24.1
Date of Birth: 03/23/1946
Home City: St Cloud, MN
Service: MS branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 237 MED DET
Major organization: other
Flight class: 70-4
Service: MS branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 10W-015
Aircraft: UH-1H tail number 67-17673
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: unknown
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 04/25/1970
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: *
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: FT SNELLING NATIONAL CEM, MINNEAPOLIS MN
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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