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VERNON EARL SCHROCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 5, 1949 – May 26, 1970
Service recordVernon Earl Schrock, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 105
- HAROLD RAYMOND MCCORD JRCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDYCaptain · May 26, 1970
- EDWARD TERRY OBRIENChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 26, 1970
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HANCIL EVERT HOWELL JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 103
- THOMAS ARTHUR LOLLARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 104
- ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDYCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 105
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD HALL BRIGHTLance Corporal · December 14, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
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.