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MICHAEL FRANKLIN SHERIDAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1951 – August 10, 1969
Service recordMichael Franklin Sheridan, of Atglen, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Atglen, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 127
- CHARLES BENJAMIN SEMINARAStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1969
- JOHN STEVEN SERATTECorporal · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS DEAN SNYDERCorporal · August 10, 1969
- LARRY JAMES TALLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 10, 1969
From Atglen
- THEODORE RAYMOND MASONCorporal · February 7, 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.