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HERBERT FRANKLIN AMRHEIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – July 18, 1969
Service recordHerbert Franklin Amrhein, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 13
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 13
- KEM L WALLACESpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- DEAN BROOKS ALLENFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- MARVIN LEE DIPERTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- DOUGLAS STANLEY DRESSENSergeant · July 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EARL FOREMANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 14
- RICHARD LEWIS HUPP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 14
- THOMAS LEO WISNIOWICZPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 17
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.