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PATRICK FRANCIS SCHAROSCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1945 – April 15, 1968
Service recordPatrick Francis Scharosch, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 8
- KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- DENNIS RAYMOND SIETSEMALance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SLOANSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- LOUIS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · Panel 50E, Line 4
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
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.