The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Vilas Ray Schmoeckel
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Date of Death
January 7, 1952
Private First Class Schmoeckel was a member of Company D, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 24th Infantry Division. On January 7, 1952, he was riding in a truck near Hudong-ni, North Korea, when it went down an embankment killing him.