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SHERMAN AMOS SORRELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1942 – December 15, 1967
Service recordSherman Amos Sorrell, of Morrisonville, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 6
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 7 BN 13 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Morrisonville, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 6
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STEWARTLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM DEWEY THOMPSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
From Morrisonville
- THOMAS ARTHUR GODDEAUCorporal · June 30, 1967
- BRUCE JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
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.