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JOSEPH MICHAEL SCHMOLKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1950 – January 25, 1969
Service recordJoseph Michael Schmolke, of Pearl River, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 80
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
- January 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Pearl River, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 80
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- ROGER LEE VICKERSFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
- JON FREDERICK WARMBRODTSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
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.