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THOMAS ALAN SHERMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – January 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Alan Sherman, of Ortonville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Ortonville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 36
- BOBBY GENE NEELDColonel · January 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HUDSOL PLESSLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JOSEPH MCKINLEY RANKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- ROGER LEE TROXELLSergeant First Class · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 33
- ALVIN EDWARD MILLERCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 35
From Ortonville
- JAMES THOMAS SUTTONLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
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.