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FRANKLIN DANIEL SCHRADER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1948 – January 19, 1970
Service recordFranklin Daniel Schrader, of Newton, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Newton, Iowa (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 47
- JOHN MURL MCDAIDSergeant · January 19, 1970
- WARD NORTON IIISpecialist Five · January 19, 1970
- OSCAR FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 19, 1970
- MEL ERNEST SALAZAR JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1970
From Newton
- RONALD VERNON WEARMOUTHSergeant · June 14, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES BRUESergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
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.