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SHERMAN AVANT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1938 – March 23, 1971
Service recordSherman Avant, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 69
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 69
- CLARENCE MYRON SUCHONCorporal · March 22, 1971
- JOHN GROVE TRAVER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1971
- GARY SIDNEY WHITESpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- THOMAS LEE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MANASSEH BROCK WARRENCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 72
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.