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MELVIN LEON SHERRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1944 – December 13, 1966
Service recordMelvin Leon Sherrell, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 41
- JOHNNY LEE GORDONLance Corporal · December 13, 1966
- LARRY DEAN HATFIELDLance Corporal · December 13, 1966
- WILLIAM F PRIDDYStaff Sergeant · December 13, 1966
- GEORGE W SMITH IIICorporal · December 13, 1966
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
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.