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REVELRY LAWRENCE KERWIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1945 – July 10, 1967
Service recordRevelry Lawrence Kerwin, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 43
- EDWARD KIKAU KEAMaster Sergeant · July 10, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- PETER GERALD LECHNIRSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARLAN DEAN GABLESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 42
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.