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JOHN WILLIE HERRING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1933 – November 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Willie Herring, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 2, 1933
- Home of record
- Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 49
- JOHNNY PHILLIP COSTNERSergeant · November 10, 1970
- BENTLEY THOMAS DAVISSpecialist Four · November 10, 1970
- VICTOR MONROE DEWALTLance Corporal · November 10, 1970
- WALDEMAR S GRZESKOWIAKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTONMajor · Panel 6W, Line 47
From Sanford
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
- EDWARD FRANK GOLDCommander · December 22, 1965
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · May 21, 1966
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- PATRICK LINDSEY HALLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD JONESPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
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.