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ERVIN BENJAMIN CHERRY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1931 – May 30, 1971
Service recordErvin Benjamin Cherry, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 59
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Legal Specialist (71D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1971
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 59
- MITCHELL ODELL BARNESSergeant · May 30, 1971
- ROBERT KEITH CAIN IIPrivate First Class · May 30, 1971
- ROY MICHAEL SEABROOKPrivate · May 30, 1971
- JACK WALTER BRUNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSE MARIA R ARREDONDOPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 58
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.