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ELIJAH HERRING JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1949 – March 9, 1969
Service recordElijah Herring JR, of Leslie, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 89
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Leslie, Georgia (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 89
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOMSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD HARRISONCorporal · March 9, 1969
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · March 9, 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.