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STEVEN ROSS SHERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1947 – July 26, 1966
Service recordSteven Ross Sherman, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 78
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 78
- STEVEN WAYNE MARTINSpecialist Four · July 26, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- DALE W SCHMIDT JRSpecialist Four · July 26, 1966
- JOSEPH MICHAEL THOMASCorporal · July 26, 1966
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
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.