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DENNIS L HERSHNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – March 27, 1967
Service recordDennis L Hershner, of Crestline, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 57
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Crestline, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 57
- KENNETH GILBERT GELLERMANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- WORLEY WAYNE HALLCorporal · March 27, 1967
- CURTIS WOODROW HURLOCKSergeant · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH BRADLEY JORDANPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
From Crestline
- CHARLES MANLEY MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1969
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.