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KARL WILLIAM SCHWANBECK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – February 15, 1968
Service recordKarl William Schwanbeck, of Treasure Island, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 54
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
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Treasure Island, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 54
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- ROY FRANCIS SWEDLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- HENRY MARSIAL TABETPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- BRENT JOHN TOSHSergeant · February 15, 1968
From Treasure Island
- ROBERT EDWIN WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · December 26, 1967
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · May 5, 1970
- STANLEY GENE DIEHLStaff Sergeant · July 22, 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.