caption branch death_date death_place pieimagen allegiance birth_place range birth_date rank image article_title name
allen r. schindler , jr. . u.s. navy u.s. navy 27 october 1992 sasebo , nagasaki , japan allen schindler usa usa chicago heights , illinois e4 radio operator , 3rd class 13 december 1969 e4 radioman 3rd class allen schindler.jpg allen r. schindler , jr. .
 allen r. schindler , jr
allen r. schindler , jr. .

allen r. schindler , jr. -lrb- december 13 , 1969 -- october 27 , 1992 -rrb- was an american radioman petty officer third class in the united states navy who was murdered for being gay .
he was killed in a public toilet in sasebo , nagasaki , japan by terry m. helvey , who acted with the aid of an accomplice , charles vins , in what `` esquire '' called a `` brutal murder '' .
the case became synonymous with the gays in the military debate that had been brewing in the united states culminating in the `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' bill .
the events surrounding schindler 's murder were the subject of cbs ' `` 20/20 '' episode and were portrayed in the 1997 tv film `` any mother 's son '' .
in 1998 , `` any mother 's son '' won a glaad media award for outstanding made for tv movie .
