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HERBERT OHLER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1928 – May 10, 1971
Service recordHerbert Ohler, of Lester, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1928
- Home of record
- Lester, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 29
- CLAYTON WADE JAMESChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 10, 1971
- JAMES MARTIN LUTTRELLSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- THOMAS JAMES PATTONColonel · May 10, 1971
- ALEXANDER QUIROZSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 30
- JOHN ARTHUR STALEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 30
From Lester
- EWELL EDGEL ACORDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- JOHN DERRAL THOMASTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 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.