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CHRISTOPHER J SCHERER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordChristopher J Scherer, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 2
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- NEIL BRIAN SULLIVANCorporal · May 18, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- JAMES NELSON YOUMANSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK JERALD CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 15
- CARL EUGENE SHIRLEYSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 1
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
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.