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WILLIAM G SCHANCK JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1948 – June 21, 1969
Service recordWilliam G Schanck JR, of Chepachet, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 109
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Chepachet, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 109
- DENNIS MICHAEL RESINGERSergeant · June 21, 1969
- HARLIS CALVIN SALESSergeant · June 21, 1969
- KENNETH JOHN SUSMARSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- JOSE MIGUEL TOROSpecialist Four · June 21, 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.