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ROBERT JAMES SHERWOOD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1947 – April 3, 1967
Service recordRobert James Sherwood JR, of Cresson, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Cresson, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 96
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES POTEETPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
From Cresson
- JAMES ROBERT BECKCorporal · October 23, 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.