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STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – April 2, 1969
Service recordStephen Andrew Sherlock, of Kingston, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 2
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- LOWELL STEPHEN POWERSChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 2, 1969
- JAMES HAMILTON RODGERSSergeant · April 2, 1969
- LARRY DEAN RUGGLESStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PERCY LEE GULLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 107
From Kingston
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH DART JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 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.
