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JOHN DONOVAN HERINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1951 – August 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Donovan Herington, of Washburn, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1951
- Home of record
- Washburn, Illinois (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 11
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · August 26, 1970
- LARRY BRUCE JACOBSONSpecialist Five · August 26, 1970
- ALBERT LEE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · August 26, 1970
- FRED CHRIS KRAEMERSergeant · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HENRY RAY EXPOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 10
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.