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HERBERT LOGSDON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1944 – June 28, 1969
Service recordHerbert Logsdon JR, of Clarksville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 29
- KEVIN DOUGLAS LOWSergeant · June 28, 1969
- STEVEN LAVELLE MCGINNISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- CHARLES LEE MOSS JRStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES PADDOCKCorporal · June 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE JENSENSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 28
From Clarksville
- WILLIE ELSWORTH H HONAKERSpecialist Four · September 5, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY ROMMELPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELCorporal · July 27, 1969
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.