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SHERMAN ROBERT FIELDS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordSherman Robert Fields JR, of Dallas, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 62E, Line 4
- CHESTER JOSEPH C FONTENOTHospitalman · May 17, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR GIBSON IVLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- LARRY JOE WESTLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
From Dallas
- RONALD LEE DAVISLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROY NEIL BURRISLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- DONALD BLAIR PAYSOURCorporal · April 4, 1968
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE MEEKSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 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.