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JAMES MICHAEL SCHERER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1949 – January 17, 1971
Service recordJames Michael Scherer, of Taylor, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Taylor, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 53
- JOHN HUGHIE GEDDINGSSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- MALCOLM JOSEPH LYONSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- ROBERT HENRY MIRRERMajor · January 17, 1971
- JESSE ERNEST NIXONStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
From Taylor
- THOMAS FRANCIS HEFFERNANStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · February 28, 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.