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JOHN HENRY HERLIHY JR
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1927 – March 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Herlihy JR, of New York, New York, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 3
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1927
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 3
- DEAN ARNOLD DUVALLChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- ALBERTO PEREZ-VERGARASpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.