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EVERETT AUGUST HERRITZ
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1926 – July 15, 1967
Service recordEverett August Herritz, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 30, 1926
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 76
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES RAY HUMBLEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- RONALD RUSSELL JONESPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- HARRY ALLEN KELLYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · Panel 23E, Line 74
- DONALD PASKOWICZPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 77
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.