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HERMAN ALVIN MCBRIDE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1932 – November 29, 1967
Service recordHerman Alvin McBride, of Jacksonville, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 6
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 6
- KENNETH HAROLD NORESpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- WILLIE LEE SHEGOGSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · November 29, 1967
- RICHARD G STAMPER JRSergeant · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 5
From Jacksonville
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- BOOKER T PATTERSON JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · September 3, 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.