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SHERLIN ANDREW HEIMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1948 – November 30, 1968
Service recordSherlin Andrew Heiman, of Edwardsville, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 11
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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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Edwardsville, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 11
- LAWRENCE CASEY GARRETTPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN GLISSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- JEFFREY DAVID HOUNSHELLSpecialist Four · November 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BERKLEY ALGERSpecialist Five · Panel 37W, Line 9
- DONALD DAVID PANNOSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 14
From Edwardsville
- DONALD WAYNE BORNMANSergeant · January 5, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD ROHRKASTEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD HENRYLance Corporal · May 12, 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.