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HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JR
Major · U.S. Army
December 1, 1932 – August 6, 1967
Service recordHershel Hillary Rohn JR, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 84
- DENNIS JAMES MCCAULEYSpecialist Five · August 6, 1967
- FREDERICK ALBERT NEWBY JRLance Corporal · August 6, 1967
- ALBERT LINWOOD PAGE JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- JOHN CAMDEN SOPERPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 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.