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SHERMAN DALTON MONK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – September 11, 1969
Service recordSherman Dalton Monk, of Dos Palos, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 70
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Dos Palos, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 70
- RANDY GRAHAM CAGLECorporal · September 11, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- MICHAEL A MONTELLANOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- CALVIN MOULTRIEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Dos Palos
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · June 16, 1967
- DILLARD GALE RYEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- RAYMOND WOODROW TEMPLETONSergeant · June 11, 1968
- LINUS ROBERT ROECorporal · February 11, 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.