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HOWARD HERCHER MAYER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – December 3, 1968
Service recordHoward Hercher Mayer, of Moorestown, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Moorestown, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 34
- ADOLFO MEDARDO ESTRADAPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- BENJAMIN MELVINPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- DAVID LEE URBANPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARK LOUIS FUSILECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 31
- HARLEY MICHAEL HOWARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 32
From Moorestown
- GEORGE SALVATORE YOHNNSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · December 24, 1968
- WALTER PHILLIP SEEL JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
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.