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WALTER SHERROD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1941 – October 5, 1968
Service recordWalter Sherrod JR, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 15
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DEVOEPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- RONALD JAMES REDENIUSWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- LOYDE HAROLD SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CHARLES ARONCESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 9
- CURTIS EUGENE BOOTSSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 11
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 11
- JOHNNY WILLIAM HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 12
- AUBREY EUGENE JACOBS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 12
- ANTONIO BARRERA JAIMEMaster Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 13
- DAVID ARNOLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- HENRY LEE KERTIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- RICHARD EDWARD LETENDREPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 13
- DICK HOOTEN CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 14
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 14
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 14
- JAMES CECIL MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 14
- PAUL LESLIE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 16
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.