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RICHARD SHIRMANG
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1934 – November 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Shirmang, of Chicago Ridge, Illinois, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 44
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Chicago Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969. 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 44
- DAVID RUSSELL JACKSONSergeant · November 7, 1969
- NATHANIEL JULIUS RILEY JRPrivate · November 7, 1969
- GREGORY P RUGENSTEINSergeant · November 7, 1969
- RICHARD LYLE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RICHARD COOKCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 41
From Chicago Ridge
- GLENN TRUMAN BRISTOWHospitalman · April 5, 1967
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · June 13, 1969
- JACK RICHCARDO GILBERTSergeant · August 3, 1970
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.