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HERMAN CURTIS CAHOON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1930 – October 21, 1971
Service recordHerman Curtis Cahoon, of East Lake, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 45
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
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 14, 1930
- Home of record
- East Lake, North Carolina (Dare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1971, 132 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 32 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 45
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOGGETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1971
- RICHARD JOSEPH PRIVITARCaptain · October 20, 1971
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SHELTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1971
- PAUL RAYMOND FOLTZLieutenant · October 21, 1971
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.