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ROBERT DONALD SHERADIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1949 – December 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Donald Sheradin, of Geneva, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Geneva, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 100
- DONALD IRVEN PRINGLESergeant First Class · December 27, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY SCIBELLIStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1969
- REGERNAILD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- LOUIS ZABROWSKICorporal · December 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ALFRED CAILSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 97
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 98
- JACK EUGENE HOLMESSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 98
- DONALD IRVEN PRINGLESergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 100
From Geneva
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HELSTROMCorporal · November 7, 1967
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · January 17, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
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.