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SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1931 – May 1, 1968
Service recordSherman Junior Hussey, of Carthage, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 34
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Carthage, North Carolina (Moore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 53E, Line 34
- JOHN K HOUSESecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE HUNTERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE ISERPrivate · May 1, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 31
- PAUL MARION NANCE JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 38
- JOHN RUNYON NEARY IIPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 39
From Carthage
- ROBERT COLE STEWARTCaptain · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEWS JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN COLLIERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · March 18, 1968
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- ROGER MARTIN TYNERSergeant · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GRIMMCorporal · July 7, 1970
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.