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BRADY WILLIAM HERRING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordBrady William Herring, of West Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- West Columbia, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · September 16, 1968
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- DELON HUNTERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL THOMPSONSergeant · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN WAYNE PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43W, Line 8
- SAMUEL REED SUMMERFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 10
From West Columbia
- WILLIAM EDWARD TEERLance Corporal · September 13, 1966
- MERLE BRUCE MORROWLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- JOE THOMAS SHUMPERTSpecialist Five · December 25, 1967
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
- CARL LEWIS HOLDERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GERALD RALPH PUGHCorporal · July 5, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 5, 1970
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.