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SHERMAN BOCHNEWETCH II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1944 – February 28, 1970
Service recordSherman Bochnewetch II, of Orchard Park, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 66
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Orchard Park, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 66
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · February 27, 1970
- JAMES DOWNING AALUNDSergeant · February 28, 1970
- DANIEL ALBERT ALEGREStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1970
From Orchard Park
- ROBERT BOUGHTON BEALECaptain · March 17, 1967
- DOUGLAS ALLEN HENNINGPrivate · July 17, 1968
- GARY RAY TOWNSENDLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
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.