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KENNETH MICHAEL SCHRAMEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – July 14, 1967
Service recordKenneth Michael Schramel, of St Cloud, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 71
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Minnesota (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 71
- WILLIAM BRIAN MONAHANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- JEROME MOORELance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- GUILLERMO MUNOZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- ROGER DALE SEGERSCorporal · July 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE ACREEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 68
- KENNETH LEROY CULVEYPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 69
- WILLIE LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 69
- DANIEL ROBERT FLANSAASSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 70
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 70
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 70
- FRANCIS D HORLBACKSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 70
From St Cloud
- MONTE THOMAS SLOANCaptain · December 10, 1966
- ALVIN GENE TENNISONSergeant · February 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH STEFFESSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- LARS PETER HUSTADFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
- DANIEL ROGER ZUTTERCorporal · December 6, 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.