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DENNIS HALDANE HERRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1950 – August 14, 1970
Service recordDennis Haldane Herrick, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 110
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 110
- GORDON SCOTT WISESpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 14, 1970
- WILLIAM EMMETT BARRITTSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRENTONSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRENTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 110
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.