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HERSHALL TALLENT
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 16, 1946 – May 10, 1968
Service recordHershall Tallent, of Easley, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Easley, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 16
- THOMAS FREDRICK SWANN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- HERMAN L TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE THOMASSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
- ARTHUR CASTILLO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
From Easley
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD GARNERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · September 26, 1967
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
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.