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HERSHEL JOE BULLOCK SR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordHershel Joe Bullock SR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 15
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 15
- DANNY LEE BLAKEFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR BOSCHPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEE BOWDENCorporal · August 21, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN CARNEYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ERVIN FENNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 18
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.