The Wall › Panel 61E › Ohio › Sherman James Boulware
SHERMAN JAMES BOULWARE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – May 17, 1968
Service recordSherman James Boulware, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 23
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 23
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · May 17, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS BEDELLE BLACKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM NOVAK AREYCorporal · Panel 61E, Line 22
- STERLING HENRY JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 62E, Line 6
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.