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VANN DWAIN SHERRILL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 21, 1934 – October 23, 1965
Service recordVann Dwain Sherrill, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 133
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- August 21, 1934
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 133
- CHARLES ELBERT TANNERStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ADOLFO ANTONIO TABOADA JRLance Corporal · October 24, 1965
From Thomasville
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.