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HERMAN JOHN VOLLMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – October 23, 1968
Service recordHerman John Vollmer, of Sedalia, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Sedalia, Missouri (Pettis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 31
- MICHAEL FRANCIS HUWELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WINSTON GLENWOOD RAYMOCorporal · May 3, 1967
- JOHN CLIMATH RICEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- BEN ROBERTSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
From Sedalia
- VERNDEAN ARTHUR BROCKMANSergeant First Class · November 16, 1963
- JAMES RICHARD BROWNPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
- ANTHONY EUGENE BUCKNERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- JAMES LLOYD SIRONPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- JULIUS CLYDE FAIRCLOTHSergeant · October 15, 1968
- MIKE DUANE GEARHEARTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 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.