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HERMANN DOELGER-LANDIVAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1944 – March 17, 1968
Service recordHermann Doelger-Landivar, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 10
- LEE DAVID BENSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 17, 1968
- ROGER EVANS DUNCANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GARZAPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL EUGENE CHILDERSCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 9
- JOE RUSSELL PECKSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 14
- JLYNN ROSS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 14
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.