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JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1941 – January 24, 1967
Service recordJimmie Andrew Herrera, of Melvindale, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Melvindale, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 73
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- CECIL FRANKLIN FINCHER JRHospitalman · January 24, 1967
- DAVID CLARK GREGORYSpecialist Five · January 24, 1967
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HAROLD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 73
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 74
From Melvindale
- DANIEL KNARIANLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
- GARY BRUCE NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT KIMZEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
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.