Surname
Don
First name(s)
Alastair John Sherwood
Rank
Sgt
Corps
RNZA
Service number
37221
Unit
Honours & Awards
Military Merit Medal (SVN), Cross of Gallantry with Palm (SVN)
Date of Birth
Date of death
Place of burial
Awa Tapu Cemetery, Paraparaumu
Notes
Killed in action, 14 September 1965 – vehicle hit command detonated mine at Ben Cat. Read citation for Cross of Gallantry with Palm. Buried at Terendak Malaysia on 20 September 1965. Remains returned to New Zealand in 2018 as part of the Te Auraki Repatriation Project. See: 'One of NZ's first Vietnam War casualties finally laid to rest on home soil', Stuff, 11 April 2023
Disclaimer
The Vietnam List is an updated version of New Zealand's original Vietnam nominal roll – the Flinkenberg List – compiled by Captain Con Flinkenberg in 1972. Name, rank and unit information are from New Zealand military pay records. Read more about the Vietnam List.
