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HERBERT MICHAEL HADDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1948 – August 15, 1970
Service recordHerbert Michael Hadden, of Bradenton, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Bradenton, Florida (Manatee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 115
- FREDERICK E HUTTIE IIIStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1970
- JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- JOHN EDDIE MCGUIRESpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- PETER ALDEN SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDDIE MCGUIRESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 115
From Bradenton
- ROBERT BREWSTER LOWEFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- HAROLD STANLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- JOHN R VANNORMAN IIILance Corporal · June 14, 1967
- BLAKELY IRVING DAVIS JRHospitalman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES HAROLD BEAVERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- FRED CARLTON JENKINSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1968
- DALE WARREN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.