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HERMAN GERALD EBBINGA
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 22, 1938 – June 17, 1967
Service recordHerman Gerald Ebbinga, of Avoca, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Avoca, Minnesota (Murray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 119
- ROBERT LEOPOLD CLUKEY JRSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- DON LE ROY DEATHRAGE JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RONALD DAVID EDENFIELDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JAMES MELVIN ELCHERTPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
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.