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JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1942 – January 20, 1968
Service recordJose Benjamin Herrera, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 87
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 87
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- TILDEN STEWART HOLLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1968
- GERALD N HUNTERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN JAMESONSergeant · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 84
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 85
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · Panel 34E, Line 86
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 89
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 92
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Las Vegas
- GEORGE W ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS HOLLEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- HENRY LEROY TEJADAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL RANDALL EARLChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 27, 1969
- JERRY FLORESSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
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.