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JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1944 – March 4, 1966
Service recordJoseph Samuel Herron, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 104
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 28, 1944
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 104
- KLAUS JURGEN HERMSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- JOHNNY RAY HOLLOWAYCorporal · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES HOOPERCorporal · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN HRINKOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
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.