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JAMES ROBERT SHERWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – October 7, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Sherwood, of Newaygo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 27
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Newaygo, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 27
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
- KENNETH HOWARD SILLSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE VANMETERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE GILBERT BROWNCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 22
From Newaygo
- DOYLE EDWARD HOLTZLANDERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1966
- CLIFFORD EARL KELSEYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- GARRY LEE REICHARDPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- PAUL BARKLEY BOWMANCaptain · January 31, 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.