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ALTON JOHN HEBERT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1935 – July 19, 1971
Service recordAlton John Hebert, of Arnaudville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 111
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 11, 1935
- Home of record
- Arnaudville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 111
- NORMAN MAXIESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- ALBERT EUGENE PETERSON JRMajor · July 19, 1971
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 1971
- GERRY DON COULTSpecialist Four · July 22, 1971
From Arnaudville
- ALTON JOSEPH ZERANGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
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.