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HAROLD JOERENZO HERRING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – June 28, 1968
Service recordHarold Joerenzo Herring, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 11
- CHARLES D CROCKETT JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL HEISERSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- PAUL FREDERICK JOHNSColonel · June 28, 1968
- LARRY TRAVIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 9
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.