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HERMES PHILIPPE LUC LAS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 15, 1946 – February 14, 1970
Service recordHermes Philippe Luc Las, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 10
- WAYNE ELDON KAUFMANPetty Officer Third Class · February 14, 1970
- ARTHUR WILLIAM KINSERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- BERNARD EDWIN MEISTERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 14, 1970
- ROBERT CLIFFORD MILLENDERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
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.