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HERMAN WILLIAM SCHERMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordHerman William Schermann, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 17
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 17
- DANNY WEST JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- IRVING BURR TCHAKIRIDESGunnery Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- JACOB ROMO TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN CARL BLOSSOMSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 12
- JAMES PAUL YOUNGSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.