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IRWIN NORMAN SOKAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – December 3, 1968
Service recordIrwin Norman Sokal, of Flushing, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 36
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 36
- STEVEN MARK CONNELLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- DENNIS JOSEPH RUSSOPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY SHEFFIELDPrivate · December 3, 1968
- DONNIE MONROE STOKESSergeant · December 3, 1968
- HENRY SZORPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER TIMOTHY BAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 27
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 27
- EDWARD ALLEN BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 28
- JAMES JOSEPH BOLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 28
- DANIEL JOSEPH BURDICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 28
- JOSEPH THOMAS BURSIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 29
- HARVEY WILLIAM CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 29
- JOHN CLARK DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 30
- WILLIAM JEWEL DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 31
- JAMES BRYAN DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCATEESpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 31
- FLOYD GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 32
- JOHN NOBLE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 32
- THOMAS ALLEN HOWERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 32
- MARION BENNETT HUGHES JRPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 33
- WEBSTER BEREAL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 33
- DANNY JOSEPH MAWDSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 33
- ADOLFO MEDARDO ESTRADAPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 34
- BENJAMIN MELVINPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 34
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 34
- FRED JOHN PAULPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 35
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 35
- DENNIS JOSEPH RUSSOPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 36
- HENRY SZORPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 36
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.