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DAVID HENRY SHERLOCK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – August 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Henry Sherlock, of Worthington, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 92
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Worthington, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 92
- CHRISTOPHER KELLYPrivate · August 3, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT KINKWarrant Officer 1 · August 3, 1969
- GLEN ALLAN MILLINGERSergeant · August 3, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD MORTON JRMajor · August 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE CRAIG SCHOETTNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 93
From Worthington
- GARY DEAN FRASHERFirst Lieutenant · May 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.