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GREGORY WILLIAM SHEELER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordGregory William Sheeler, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 116
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1970
- TIMOTEO FRED ROMEROSergeant · May 28, 1970
- ROBERT BROWN ROSHONCorporal · May 28, 1970
- CLAYTON EDWARD SAVOYSergeant First Class · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS JOSEPH KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 114
- THOMAS EUGENE PRITTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 115
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
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.