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ROBERT CARL SHERMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1945 – June 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Carl Sherman, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on June 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 59
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 24, 1967
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 59
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID PERKINSLance Corporal · June 24, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 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.