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HERMAN LANCASTER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 28, 1950 – September 25, 1970
Service recordHerman Lancaster JR, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 90
- GUS PIPPINSSergeant First Class · September 25, 1970
- CARROLL STEVEN PLUMSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- BRUCE EDWARD THOMASSpecialist Four · September 25, 1970
- ROBERT BLANE WIRKSSergeant · September 25, 1970
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 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.