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HENRY EDWARD SCHANCK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1948 – January 3, 1968
Service recordHenry Edward Schanck, of Fairmont, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 32
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 32
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · January 3, 1968
From Fairmont
- ALLAN FREDRICK HAMSMITHSergeant · July 22, 1968
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · July 15, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · July 2, 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.