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JOHN BROOKS SHERMAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1940 – March 25, 1966
Service recordJohn Brooks Sherman, of Darien, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 50
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmr (Aw) Single Place (7305)
- Born
- January 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Darien, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 50
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- SAMUEL MEDINA RAMIREZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN ROBINSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES NIVEN RUDDLance Corporal · March 25, 1966
From Darien
- JOHN BENNETT GEISEN JRSergeant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES STEPHEN MCARTHURLance Corporal · June 25, 1967
- ALAN LEE DIEDRICKSENCorporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 1971
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.