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ROBERT ROY SHERIDAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1944 – June 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Roy Sheridan, of Central Islip, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 114
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Central Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 114
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED PERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- DEANE FRANKLYN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 23W, Line 111
- JOHN EDWARD LORENCECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 112
- GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 113
- TERRY EDWARD TOOLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 115
- ROY LEACY WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 115
From Central Islip
- THOMAS FRANCIS DREWSergeant · May 29, 1967
- RONALD T STOKESSergeant · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL G DONOVAN IIISpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL CANDIDO RUSSOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- GERALD MATTERACorporal · June 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES KEDENBURGSpecialist Five · June 14, 1968
- RAYMOND BERT KYZERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- FRANK W BOSSONGPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- WILLIAM CURTIS WILLIAMSONCorporal · March 30, 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.