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HERBERT DAVID HORNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1951 – June 5, 1970
Service recordHerbert David Horner, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 14
- ROBERT HARDY HILL JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 13
- ROBERT MARTIN GOSELINSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 13
- ROBERT HARDY HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 14
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.