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ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1951 – September 20, 1970
Service recordAlfred Jimmy Herring JR, of Mullins, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Mullins, South Carolina (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 78
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 1970
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- CARL RICHARD MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- JOE HERMAN MONTOYAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
From Mullins
- BENJAMIN JEFFE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
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.