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WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHERLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1945 – May 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph Scherle JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 99
- COLERIDGE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1967
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- KENNETH RONALD ABMEYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY CALVIN PRESTONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 97
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.