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AMOS CHESTER SHERRILL II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – July 19, 1968
Service recordAmos Chester Sherrill II, of Stafford, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 13
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Stafford, Kansas (Stafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 13
- RENE THOMAS PRUDENPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- JOSE ANTO RIVERA-BERMUDEZSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS RUBADOLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- DAVID PAUL THIBODEAUPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GUY RICHARD KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 11
- CECIL LEROY MATTHEW JRSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 12
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.