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GABRIEL HERRADA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1948 – November 14, 1968
Service recordGabriel Herrada, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 66
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- MONROE GREERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- RANDOLPH EDWARD HATTONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- JERRY DWAIN HILLCorporal · November 14, 1968
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 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.