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CARWAIN L HERRINGTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – May 18, 1970
Service recordCarwain L Herrington, of Kilgore, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Kilgore, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 62
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · May 18, 1970
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT DANIEL UNRUESpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK WARREN BACHERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
- GARY WILLIAM BRITTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 60
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 62
- JAMES JOSEPH WILKINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 63
From Kilgore
- RAYMOND ROGER POSTONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- HARRY JAMES LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · September 16, 1968
- DUDLEY FRANCIS BRADBERRYMaster Chief Petty Officer · September 21, 1971
- JOHN ONEAL RUCKERSergeant · January 27, 1973
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.