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HERMAN TOWERY
Captain · U.S. Army
April 27, 1934 – October 22, 1964
Service recordHerman Towery, of Ft Bragg, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on October 22, 1964, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Ft Bragg, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 22, 1964
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 67
- JAMES ALPHONSE RIALChief Petty Officer · October 22, 1964
- ROLLIN CHESLEY SARGENT JRMaster Sergeant · October 22, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
From Ft Bragg
- JUSTIN MARSHALL LYNCHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- WALTER SUTTON WOODLieutenant Commander · May 2, 1966
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · April 21, 1968
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · May 13, 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.