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| Welcome to the Christopher Joseph Schramm Memorial. My Uncle Chris was killed in action in Vietnam, May 13th, 1968. This website was set up as a place for those who knew Chris to come to visit him for a while. I hope it provides a place of comfort for those who love and miss him. If you never knew my Uncle, you are still welcome here!! And let me tell you a little about him. Uncle Chris grew up in Camden, NJ. and Fairless Hills, PA. Both of these cities are in the Philadelphia area. This is what my Uncle Chris looked like when he was a freshman at Bishop Egan Catholic High School in Fairless Hills. He is the fourth of the eight children my Grandparents had. He has three brothers and four sisters. After High School, my Uncle Chris went, briefly, into the Catholic Seminary. He left the seminary to join the Army because he said there was a job he needed . to do. After basic training, he was recruited into the Army Security Agency and sent to Fort Devens for additional training. When he completed his ASA training, he was deployed to the 76th ASA unit stationed at Shu Lin Kou Air Station in Taiwan. Several months later, they needed two volunteers to go to Vietnam. On October 12th, 1967, Uncle Chris was assigned to the 509th RR Group in Saigon. Once there, he was deployed to the 330th RRC (ASA) at Pleiku. He spent a few months with this unit, then was reassigned to the 371st RRC (ASA) at Camp Evans. Officially, he was a forward post radio operator in a helicopter, but his real job was aerial signal reconnaissance trying to locate the Viet Cong and NVA. On May 13, 1968, while en route to Camp Evans, my Uncle's convoy encountered land mines. When he jumped from his truck to go to the aid of his fellow soldiers, my Uncle detonated the mine which took him from this life. Uncle Chris is sorely missed in this life. One friend, who volunteered to go to Vietnam with him, named his son Chris. Another praised Uncle Chris' Christian example. They all have said Uncle Chris was about as "apple pie" as you can get. I read once in a book that God always calls the best back to him quickly. Uncle Chris was twenty-one years old. Please use the buttons on the left of the page to visit the other pages of this site. You can visit the cemetary where he and my grandfather (who joined him in 1985) are laid to rest. Also visit the memorial at the United Steelworkers Union hall. See the medals that Uncle Chris was awarded for his service. Read the article that was written about him in the local paper. And please, sign the guestbook, so that we know you stopped by. God Bless You!! |
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| Click the graphics above to visit other sites that have set up memorials to Uncle Chris and other ASA soldiers who were killed in action. A few graphics were provided by Doc. |
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