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JAMES JOHN SHERECK
Captain · U.S. Army
March 19, 1939 – March 4, 1971
Service recordJames John Shereck, of Bagley, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 22
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Bagley, Minnesota (Clearwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 22
- JOSEPH ARTHUR SILON JRCorporal · March 4, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY SPENCESergeant · March 4, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS STRAWNSpecialist Six · March 4, 1971
- ARVID PALMER THORMODSGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 4, 1971
From Bagley
- CHARLES JOHN FEDDEMASpecialist Four · March 5, 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.