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ERNEST SERNA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – November 11, 1969
Service recordErnest Serna, of San Pablo, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 60
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- San Pablo, Colorado (Costilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 60
- DANIEL LEONARD SEEKFORDStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN STEELEPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- JIMMY LEE VAULTZCorporal · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER GUY BURKHARTCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 56
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 58
- JOHN WILLIAM MEADOWSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 59
- DANIEL LEONARD SEEKFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 60
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.