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HEROLD TROY DEARDORFF
Fireman · U.S. Navy
April 12, 1945 – November 12, 1966
Service recordHerold Troy Deardorff, of Norco, California, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 12, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinist's Mate (MM)
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Norco, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 60
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- LESLIE PAUL DEDMANSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DALE DEFILIPPISLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE DUNIGANLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
From Norco
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCKIERNANWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 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.