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HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1951 – April 15, 1970
Service recordHerndon Arrington Bivens, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 15, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 15, 1970
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 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 11W, Line 5
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- SANDRO NICHOLAS BARONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1970
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 15, 1970
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 5
- ROSENDO MONTANASpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 8
- LARRY RAY SLAGLESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 10
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.