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ERNEST CRAIG HOMER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – November 16, 1968
Service recordErnest Craig Homer, of Oil City, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Oil City, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 74
- EDDIE WAYNE BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1968
- MARIAN JAMILSKIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONALD JARRETTSeaman · November 16, 1968
- CARL FREDERICK KARSTColonel · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE WAYNE BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 74
- JORGE LUIS NIEVESSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 75
From Oil City
- ROBERT EUGENE MEEHANPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- SCOTT MEYER SIBSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WARD ELLIOTT HOMERSergeant · March 19, 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.