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HARLEY EDWARD SHERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – December 26, 1966
Service recordHarley Edward Sherman, of Bloomfield, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Indiana (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 81
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE ROMANCHUKLance Corporal · December 26, 1966
- LARRY A STROMPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
- PLUMMER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL L BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 80
- LARRY A STROMPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 81
From Bloomfield
- ROBERT LESTER FLORY JRFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
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.