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DANIEL L SHERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1940 – January 9, 1966
Service recordDaniel L Sherman, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 60
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DONALD RAYMOND SANDVEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 60
- RICHARD EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 61
From Overland Park
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 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.