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HERBERT KOLIBA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1934 – May 15, 1968
Service recordHerbert Koliba, of Copperas Cove, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 24
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Copperas Cove, Texas (Coryell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 24
- DENNIS EDWARD ISGRIGCorporal · May 15, 1968
- ALFRED L JASNOCHA JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD LAMBSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
- EDMOND JOHN LANDERSCaptain · May 15, 1968
From Copperas Cove
- CHESTER MELVIN OVNANDMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1959
- PAUL BLOUNT MCKINLEYSpecialist Six · November 22, 1967
- ANTON WALTER BOROSKICaptain · June 26, 1969
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 1970
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.