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SHERMAN RAY WAITES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordSherman Ray Waites, of Marlin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 118
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Marlin, Texas (Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 118
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- HERBERT COLEMAN WRIGHT JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
From Marlin
- ROY LEE GREENSAGEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- TEDDY JAMES TOMCHESSONMajor · May 5, 1968
- AARON LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 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.