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FREDDIE MICHAEL SHERLIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – August 8, 1969
Service recordFreddie Michael Sherlin, of Athens, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 116
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Film Library Specialist (76L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 589 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 116
- DUANE NEVADA SCOWDENPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- ARVEL RAY SMARTLance Corporal · August 8, 1969
- JESSIE JAMES TYLERStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1969
- HUMBERTO LLAMAZALESSergeant · August 9, 1969
From Athens
- CHARLES THOMAS OWENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- RONNIE FRANKLIN BRANAMSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- MILARD LUTHER E BLEDSOEStaff Sergeant · October 10, 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.