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HERBERT POK DONG CHO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1944 – September 25, 1968
Service recordHerbert Pok Dong Cho, of Lynwood, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · 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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 13
- JAMES HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM HERSCHELL PALMERSergeant · September 25, 1968
- NORMAN MACLEOD PAULSENFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST LEROY ROWESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 10
- ROBERT JOHN LOEHLEIN JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 12
- DAVID THOMAS SEATONSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 13
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 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.