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SHERDIN JAY WATKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – February 17, 1966
Service recordSherdin Jay Watkins, of Cottonwood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 43
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 43
- CHESTER STATENPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1965
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- THOMAS EVERETT RICEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
From Cottonwood
- KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DUVALSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREETSpecialist Five · May 26, 1971
- ROBERT LEE DENMARKSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.