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JAMES LEE SCHERER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – January 3, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Scherer, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 32
- HENRY EDWARD SCHANCKLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ROBERT BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 25
- JAMES THOMAS CLAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 26
- PAUL RAYMOND STRIEPEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 33
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- ROBERT D BUTLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 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.