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GARY PATRICK HERSHBERGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1950 – November 25, 1969
Service recordGary Patrick Hershberger, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 121
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 121
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · November 25, 1969
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · November 25, 1969
- PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLISecond Lieutenant · November 25, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 122
- JACK WILLIAM POMEROYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 122
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 1968
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.