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KLAUS JURGEN HERMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordKlaus Jurgen Herms, of San Dimas, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 28, 1945
- Home of record
- San Dimas, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
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
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JOHNNY RAY HOLLOWAYCorporal · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES HOOPERCorporal · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN HRINKOLance Corporal · March 4, 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.