The photo was taken from "Venture," Octorara Area Junior/Senior Yearbook of 1967, tenth grade section. The following article appeared in the Daily Local News, West Chester, PA, on 08-19-69: An 18-year-old Marine, son of an Atglen family, died August 10 while on patrol near Vandergrift Marine Base, Vietnam. PFC Michael F. Sheridan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Sheridan of 427 Rosemont Ave., Atglen, was killed by an enemy mortar barrage. He was sent to Vietnam June 1 after serving in Cuba. PFC Sheridan entered the Marine Corps in May of 1968 after attending Octorara Area High School. He received his basic training at Parris Island, SC, and was transferred to Camp Lejeune, NC. A native of Coatesville (PA), he lived in the steel city until four years ago, when his family moved to Atglen. Besides his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Judy, Shirley and Elaine Sheridan; a brother, Frank, and a foster-sister, Mary Ann Bristow, all at home: also his grandmothers, Mrs. Norma Sheridan, of W. Palm Beach, FL, and Mrs. Bertha Ellis, of Philadelphia (PA)." SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINE! From a native Philadelphian and Marine, Jim McIlhenney christianamacks@comcast.net

 

Notes from The Virtual Wall Note During the summer of 1969 the North Vietnamese Army made repeated attempts to drive Allied forces from the heights of Mutter's Ridge, which formed a portion of the southern boundary of the DMZ. On 10 August Echo Company, 2/3 Marines, lost at least 17 men in heavy fighting near Hill 484. PFC Michael Sheridan was one of the Marines who died that day. He, and the other men who died during the Mutter's Ridge battles of 10 August and 17/18 September, are listed on the The Virtual Wall's Mutter's Ridge Memorial

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