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REX MARCEL SHERMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 8, 1951 – November 19, 1969
Service recordRex Marcel Sherman, of Romney, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Romney, West Virginia (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 96
- WILLIAM CALVIN JAMESPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST MILLERCorporal · November 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PFEUFERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- DON LESLIE ROCKWarrant Officer 1 · November 19, 1969
From Romney
- DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALDPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD DURSTSpecialist Four · May 31, 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.