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KARL F SCHRANK
Private · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – May 1, 1966
Service recordKarl F Schrank, of Clare, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Clare, Michigan (Clare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 16
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- MERLE ALLAN KINNEYLance Corporal · May 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 15
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 16
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 7E, Line 17
From Clare
- MICHIEL DAVID MURRAYCorporal · June 16, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS MACHULSpecialist Four · September 26, 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.