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DAVID MACK HERENDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1943 – November 4, 1967
Service recordDavid Mack Herendon, of Cherrylog, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Cherrylog, Georgia (Gilmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 19
- ALEXANDER COOPERStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- RICHARD EARL CREASONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- KEVIN GREGORY FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1967
- LEROY ANTHONY HAYESSergeant First Class · November 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 18
- JIMMY RAY BAGGARLYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 18
- GLEN RAYMOND WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 23
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.