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SARKIS DERVISHIAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – June 9, 1970
Service recordSarkis Dervishian, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 32
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- ANDREW JOHN ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 3 · June 9, 1970
- TIMOTHY FLOYD FEWELLPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 32
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.