Placerville soldier dies in South Korea
Eric Schenck
By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee
A Placerville resident and El Dorado High School graduate serving in the Army was killed last week in South Korea.
Sgt. Eric Schenck, 33, was a non-commissioned officer stationed with the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Suwon Air Base.
On Dec. 7, Schenck was returning from a field training exercise when the Humvee ambulance in which he was riding was rear-ended just before midnight, military publication Stars and Stripes reported.