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FRANK JOSEPH SCHAP
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1941 – February 14, 1968
Service recordFrank Joseph Schap, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Darlac Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 39E, Line 39
- JOSE JUAN SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 14, 1968
- ORVILLE ALLAN SHEETSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- STEVEN GEORGE SLACKPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM PYLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 39E, Line 38
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.