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DANNY EDWARD HEREAU
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – April 26, 1968
Service recordDanny Edward Hereau, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 19
- CAREY DEAN HARMONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- STEVEN CLINTON HEFFNERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- WAYNE HENRY HOFFNERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANJELO JOSEPH APRILLIANOSpecialist Six · Panel 52E, Line 13
- ROBERT LEE BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 52E, Line 14
- JESS WILLIAM CREASON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 16
- DALE ALTON CRULLChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEWEESESpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 16
- WILFRED DRAPERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 17
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- FRED ANTHONY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- MICHAEL PAUL STILESSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 24
- LARRY ALDEN WINCHESTERSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 26
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.