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SHERRY JOE HADLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1944 – May 27, 1968
Service recordSherry Joe Hadley, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 8
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 8
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1968
- RALPH SHOUP GORTON IIISecond Lieutenant · May 27, 1968
- PHILO DERRICK GRANT IIIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTINCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 3
- WAYNE ALLEN PAINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 64W, Line 1
- GEORGE ROBERT SMILEYCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 2
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE ALBRITTONCorporal · June 3, 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.