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FREDERICK DANIEL HERRERA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – March 25, 1969
Service recordFrederick Daniel Herrera, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 25, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 36
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 25, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 36
- JEWELL ROBERT GREENSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- JOSEPH CLAYTON HAGASergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EVANS BROWN JRPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 33
- JEWELL ROBERT GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 36
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- PHILLIP EDMOND LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 37
- RICHARD DEAN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 40
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.