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SYLVESTER WILLIAM REDMAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 8, 1932 – October 8, 1969
Service recordSylvester William Redman, of Petersburg, West Virginia, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 52
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 8, 1932
- Home of record
- Petersburg, West Virginia (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 52
- BRADLEY ROGERS RANSOMCaptain · October 8, 1969
- CHRISS LESLIE ROEDIGERCaptain · October 8, 1969
- MAX EMMANUEL ROSENFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1969
- JOSEPH SLAVENSKY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 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.