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DAVID FRANK SHERRELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1947 – June 6, 1967
Service recordDavid Frank Sherrell, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 63
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 63
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL MILLERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIE LEE PAGESpecialist Four · June 6, 1967
- DALE LLOYD SPEIRCorporal · June 6, 1967
From Woodland Hills
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.