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PETER FRYE SCHRAMM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1946 – June 1, 1966
Service recordPeter Frye Schramm, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 131
- CHESTER ARTHUR LUTGENSergeant · June 1, 1966
- GARY AMES MILLERLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
From Wakefield
- ANTHONY GUY VELARDOLance Corporal · March 27, 1966
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONSFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- HARVEY ALBERT DUHY JRCorporal · June 19, 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.