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WINFRIED ALBERT SHEETS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – January 17, 1968
Service recordWinfried Albert Sheets, of Ft Lewis, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Warehouseman (56B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lewis, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 64
- JAMES HARVEY POST JRCorporal · January 17, 1968
- VIRGIL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- LARRY STEPHEN SEMENIUKCorporal · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GEORGE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 64
From Ft Lewis
- TOMMIE RICHARD LUNNSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 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.