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BOYD LEMUEL HERRING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1942 – March 8, 1968
Service recordBoyd Lemuel Herring, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 54
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 54
- CLEMENT BRADLEY GRUBERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
- BRUCE WALTER GRUNEWALDCorporal · March 8, 1968
- JOHN PETER HARTLAGE IIIPetty Officer Second Class · March 8, 1968
- HAROLD FRANK HEYMACHPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY FULLERCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 53
- RICHARD ARNE KOSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 57
- JIMMY MORRIS LOGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 57
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 62
- DONALD ROBERT TITUSCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 62
- DONALD WILLIAM VANFLEETPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 63
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.