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ALLEN SHELDON CHERRY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 14, 1936 – August 9, 1967
Service recordAllen Sheldon Cherry, of University City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 9, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 14, 1936
- Home of record
- University City, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 95
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
From University City
- M J SAVOYAirman · June 17, 1966
- PETER ANTHONY SCHRADERCorporal · November 9, 1967
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · February 2, 1968
- RONNIE LEE HAWKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 1970
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.