The Wall › Panel 39W › Illinois › Herman Leroy McIntire
HERMAN LEROY MCINTIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordHerman Leroy McIntire, of Rantoul, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 22
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Rantoul, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 22
- DENNIS OGDEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- KEITH GEOFFREY JOHNSONPrivate · November 5, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · November 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTSCorporal · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOSEPH JIRSASergeant · Panel 39W, Line 20
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 21
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 23
From Rantoul
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · May 10, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE AULTMANSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
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.