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HERMAN VICTOR STURM JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – August 9, 1970
Service recordHerman Victor Sturm JR, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 8W, Line 99
- NEAL VINCENT BAINTERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER CAFFEYSergeant · August 10, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD CROWLEYSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
- JOSEPH FRANK MARCANTONIOPrivate · August 10, 1970
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 1969
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.