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DELMAR JOYCE HERRIN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1951 – February 14, 1970
Service recordDelmar Joyce Herrin JR, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 9
- JAMES DAVID HAGELSTEINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
- SAMUEL JOSEPH JORGENSENSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
- ELDON RAY PAYNEWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.