Schuler, John David
Army Recruit

John David Schuler, age 23, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.

Parents: Edward G. and Myrtle B. Schuler

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)