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CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH SCHRAMM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordChristopher Joseph Schramm, of Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Identifier (05D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 1
- ANTONI BOGUSLAW PURWINSergeant · May 13, 1968
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES AUSTIN RIDER JRCorporal · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD WELCHSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 5
From Fairless Hills
- EDWARD NELSON BEERSPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.