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HERMAN PENN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1947 – March 15, 1966
Service recordHerman Penn, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 15, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 11
- GARY EUGENE BARTZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- JOHN MICHEL NASHCaptain · March 15, 1966
- CARMELO SANCHEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
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
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 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
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.