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FRANKLIN DALE SCHOPPE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1948 – September 30, 1969
Service recordFranklin Dale Schoppe, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 21
- PHILIP PAUL TOMASZEWSKISpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- HERBERT WALTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1969
- TERRY LYNN BERNEYStaff Sergeant · October 1, 1969
- MURIL STEVEN COLEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.