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ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 22, 1944 – July 20, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Sherman JR, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 21
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 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 21
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- DONALD JAMES SLICHTERCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- ISAAC SPARKMANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 16
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 19
- TERRY LEE MCNEARCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 20
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.