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HARRY H HERNDON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – October 18, 1968
Service recordHarry H Herndon, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 73
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 73
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE FIKELance Corporal · October 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL GREENCorporal · October 18, 1968
- VICTOR REYES HERNANDEZSergeant · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BENITO V ALANIZCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 71
From Terrell
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
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.