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JOHN FRANCIS SCHROM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1950 – November 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Francis Schrom, of Owatonna, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Owatonna, Minnesota (Steele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 13
- VAN V RIBUCANStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RITCHLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
- BRUCE ALLEN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- MATTHEW ALBERT RUDENCorporal · November 3, 1968
From Owatonna
- WALTER OTHO TRAMELStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE WIDENSergeant · May 6, 1970
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · May 13, 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.