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CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – October 17, 1967
Service recordChristopher Erv Herderick, of Buena Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 25
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; 62 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 25
- RAY NEAL GRIBBLESpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- OLIN HARGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLEDERMajor · October 17, 1967
- ALLEN DALE JAGIELOPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE VANN GOREESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 24
- RAYMOND BENJAMIN MINUSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 28
- ANTHONY JOSEPH VAICKUS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 32
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- SAMMY BURROLA JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1968
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.