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ROBERT SCHERLAG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1940 – April 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Scherlag, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 27
- ROBERT EARL MCKEEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN TINDELLPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- RALPH ARTHUR WICKHAMSpecialist Five · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 26
- DANIEL FRANCIS MONAHANCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 26
- JAMES FRANKLIN TINDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 27
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.