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FRANCIS PHILLIP SCHMAUTZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordFrancis Phillip Schmautz, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 87
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · October 27, 1967
- KENNETH CLARENCE STOMMESPetty Officer Third Class · October 27, 1967
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · October 27, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS UHLCorporal · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD A MOLDAVANCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 84
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.