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DENNIS HERRON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – May 31, 1968
Service recordDennis Herron, of Sylvania, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Sylvania, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 10
- RUZELL GRAYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- LEROY CLAYTON HALLERPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- FRED LEE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- PAUL OLIVER HARMON JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BERNARD DURSTSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 8
From Sylvania
- FRANK OCHOA FLOREZ JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- CARL HARMAN PETERS JRSergeant · March 23, 1969
- ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELDStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 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.