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PHILIP FRANCIS SHERIDAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1948 – April 14, 1968
Service recordPhilip Francis Sheridan, of Garden City, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 1
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
- Artillery Scout Observer (0846)
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Garden City, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 1
- GEORGE QUAMOMajor · April 14, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- RONALD CARLTON SMITHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
From Garden City
- RICHARD NASH MCINERNEYCaptain · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY KISCHSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOHN SHORTENFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1968
- WALTER CHAPMAN JONES IIICaptain · April 4, 1968
- FREDERICK RICHARD OHLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
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.