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HERMAN EDWARD PICHON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – March 24, 1971
Service recordHerman Edward Pichon, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 73
- JEROME DON KLEINPrivate First Class · March 24, 1971
- STEVEN MICHAEL LARRABEEChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 24, 1971
- JOHN CLINTON MERRITTStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEALSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS EDWARD AYERSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- BERNARDO KEALOHA RAMOSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 75
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.