SCHOEFFEL, PETER VANRUYTER
| Name: Peter Vanruyter Schoeffel Rank/Branch: O4/United States Navy Unit: VA 15 Date of Birth: July 17, 1932 Home City of Record: Alexandria VA Date of Loss: 04 October 1967 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 205300 North 1064100 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4C Missions: 125 Other Personnel in Incident: none |
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data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. Updated 2019 w/info from Justin
Jackson-Mann.
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Peter Schoeffel retired from the United States Navy as a Captain. He and his
wife Jane reside in Florida.
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From - Tue May 09 11:57:33 2000
My father, R.Adm Malcolm Schoeffel (deceased), was the first CO of the USS
Cabot (CVL-28) in WWII. The ship forged an heroic record and would be more
famous but for her size and the fact that when Ernie Pyle rode her and wrote
of her, he was forced by wartime censorship to refer to her only as "The
Iron Woman." She remains as the last existing escort carrier and is the
closest to her wartime configuration of any existing WWII carrier, still
mounting her 40mm AA guns. At this time a last ditch effort is being made to
save her from the breakers and transform her into a museum/memorial. Please
visit http://www.ironwoman.org. (NOT .com) After you do so I believe
you will want to assist in some way. Money and publicity are needed.
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