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BRUCE SHERFIELD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1949 – May 25, 1968
Service recordBruce Sherfield JR, of Cedartown, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Cedartown, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 4
- KENNETH RONALD SEMONSergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · May 25, 1968
- BERNARD AUGUSTUS SMALLSSergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
From Cedartown
- JULIAN WAYNE COUCHPlatoon Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WILBURN EDWARD WESTERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- RAY MCKIBBENSergeant · December 6, 1968
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEROY ROGERSSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
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.