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JAMES L CHERRY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1937 – May 18, 1966
Service recordJames L Cherry, of Angleton, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Angleton, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 80
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- JOHN E DIECKMANNCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FELIDELPHIO BENJAMIN GOMEZCorporal · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH D PELLEGRINOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 85
From Angleton
- CHARLES MICHAEL COTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1968
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · January 28, 1969
- WALTER DENNIS LAMBERTPetty Officer Third Class · December 1, 1970
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.