The WallVietnam Veterans Memorial · The Lake Norman Brief
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Garry W Hermanson.

The Wall › Panel 1W › New Jersey › Garry W Hermanson

GARRY W HERMANSON

Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

January 17, 1951 – January 24, 1975

Service record

Garry W Hermanson, of Newfield, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 24, 1975, in Thailand, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1W · Line 121

Position of Panel 1W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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.

See this name on the Wall

Remember

Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.

Share a photo or memoryPhotos & remembrances on VVMF’s Wall of Faces ↗

Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
7 AF
Born
January 17, 1951
Home of record
Newfield, New Jersey (Gloucester County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 24, 1975
Age
24
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1975. In January 1975, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

Read the history

On the Wall

Elsewhere

Also on Panel 1W, Line 121

Same unit, same day

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.