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HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1933 – November 12, 1965
Service recordHerman Louis Jefferson JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Storage Specialist (56C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 24, 1933
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 44
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHARLES GIORDANOSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES JULIUS JANKESpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 45
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 48
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
- 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
- GERARD GEORGE SCHNITGERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.