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FRANCISCO HERRERA
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1939 – March 29, 1966
Service recordFrancisco Herrera, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 60
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- PHILLIP DALE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
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.